INDENTURE Synonyms: 82 Similar and Opposite Words

indenture

noun

in-ˈden-chər

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as in hole

a sunken area forming a separate space the dropped hammer left an indenture in the floor

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as in chip

a V-shaped cut usually on an edge or a surface made a small indenture to mark the spot where the plank was to be sawed

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Recent Examples of indenture Unlike the definition of indenture servitude, in which someone works for a single employer without pay, visa holders may change employers and are paid. —

David Faris, Newsweek, 28 Dec. 2024 In a little over a year, my three-decade indenture as a full-time laundress will come to an end. —

Mary McNamara, Los Angeles Times, 19 June 2024 This smashes every indenture that binds a Negro child other than as a white child should be bound! —

Anna Deavere Smith, The Atlantic, 13 Nov. 2023 In the mid–seventeenth century, fearful that the growing class of temporary and former servants might displace them, white property owners passed laws that phased out indentures for white people and established a system of chattel slavery (permanent and heritable) for Black people. —

Scott W. Stern, The New Republic, 26 June 2023 See All Example Sentences for indenture

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The Hoosiers have climbed out of that hole thanks to Cignetti.

— Antonio Morales, New York Times, 12 May 2026
Heading into this week, the Green Mile was the toughest-three hole stretch on the PGA Tour, with golfers averaging nearly a shot over par while splashing almost 2,000 balls into the water since 2003.

— Jordan Kaye, Charlotte Observer, 11 May 2026