bondage
noun/ˈbɒndɪdʒ/
/ˈbɑːndɪdʒ/
[uncountable]- (old-fashioned or formal) the state of being a slave or prisoner synonym slavery
- (figurative) women’s liberation from the bondage of domestic life
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- the practice of being tied with ropes, chains, etc. in order to gain sexual pleasure
Word OriginMiddle English: from Anglo-Latin bondagium, from Middle English bond ‘serf’ (earlier ‘peasant, householder’), from Old Norse bóndi ‘tiller of the soil’, based on búa ‘dwell’; influenced in sense by bond.
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