as in slavery
the state of being an enslaved person
people freed from bondage
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Recent Examples of bondage
Many Muslims commemorate the Israelites’ liberation by fasting on the Day of Ashura, while Christians reflect upon Passover during Holy Week —from Maundy Thursday to Easter Sunday — as liberation from spiritual bondage.
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Ed Gaskin, Boston Herald, 12 Apr. 2025
Given recent rumors that those in bondage intended to rebel, the delegation accepted his explanation, withdrew and convinced the waiting crowd outside to disperse.
—Andrew Lawler, Smithsonian Magazine, 2 Apr. 2025
For those freed from bondage, the end of the Civil War was a time of great hope and promise as well as profound disappointment and loss.
—Barbara Spindel, The Christian Science Monitor, 12 Mar. 2025
This economic bondage, called sharecropping, was a system by which tenant farmers rented land from large landowners.
—David Cason, The Conversation, 7 Mar. 2025
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Ed Gaskin, Boston Herald, 12 Apr. 2025
Given recent rumors that those in bondage intended to rebel, the delegation accepted his explanation, withdrew and convinced the waiting crowd outside to disperse.
—Andrew Lawler, Smithsonian Magazine, 2 Apr. 2025
For those freed from bondage, the end of the Civil War was a time of great hope and promise as well as profound disappointment and loss.
—Barbara Spindel, The Christian Science Monitor, 12 Mar. 2025
This economic bondage, called sharecropping, was a system by which tenant farmers rented land from large landowners.
—David Cason, The Conversation, 7 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for bondage
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Plan an off-season visit for late July and early August to coincide with Antigua's nearly two-week-long carnival, which celebrates the end of slavery.—
Carley Rojas Avila,
Travel + Leisure,
3 May 2025
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Others online pointed out that Lively once boasted about her and husband Ryan Reynolds getting married in 2012 on a Southern plantation with a history of slavery.—
Martha Ross,
Mercury News,
28 Apr. 2025
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“Bondage.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bondage. Accessed 11 May. 2025.
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