Definition of bondage
1
: the tenure or service of a villein, a serf, or an enslaved person
2
: a state of being bound usually by compulsion (as of law or mastery): such as
b
: servitude or subjugation to a controlling person or force
young people in bondage to drugs
3
: sadomasochistic sexual practices involving the physical restraint of one partner
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The first known use of bondage was in the 14th century
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