bondage
[noun]
Synonyms: slavery, captivity, confinement, enslavement, imprisonment, subjugation

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Contrasted words: freedom, independence, liberty
Related Words: subjection, subjugation

[TahlilGaran] English Synonym Dictionary ▲

bond‧age /ˈbɒndɪdʒ $ ˈbɑːn-/ noun [uncountable]

1. the state of having your freedom limited, or being prevented from doing what you want:
the bondage of early motherhood

2. literary the state of being a slave
in bondage
Since the age of 13, he had been in bondage.

3. the practice of being tied up for sexual pleasure

[TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲