bondage

bond·age

B0381600 (bŏn′dĭj)n.1. The state of one who is bound as a slave or serf.2. A state of subjection to a force, power, or influence.3. The practice of being physically restrained, as with cords or handcuffs, as a means of attaining sexual gratification.4. Villeinage.

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[Middle English, from Anglo-Norman, from Middle English bonde, serf, from Old English bōnda, husbandman, from Old Norse bōndi, present participle of būa, to live; see bheuə- in Indo-European roots.]

bondage

(ˈbɒndɪdʒ) n1. slavery or serfdom; servitude2. (Historical Terms) Also called: villeinage (in medieval Europe) the condition and status of unfree peasants who provided labour and other services for their lord in return for holdings of land3. (Psychiatry) a sexual practice in which one partner is physically bound

bond•age

(ˈbɒn dɪdʒ)

n. 1. slavery or involuntary servitude; serfdom. 2. the state of being bound by or subjected to some external power or control. 3. the state or practice of being tied up, chained, or the like, for sexual gratification. 4. villeinage. [1250–1300; Middle English < Anglo-Latin bondagium. See bond², -age] syn: See slavery.

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	bondage - the state of being under the control of a force or influence or abstract power; "he was in bondage to fear:; "he sought release from his bondage to Satan"; "a self freed from the bondage of time"subjection, subjugation - forced submission to control by others
	2.	bondage - the state of being under the control of another personslavery, thraldom, thrall, thralldomsubjection, subjugation - forced submission to control by othersbonded labor - a practice in which employers give high-interest loans to workers whose entire families then labor at low wages to pay off the debt; the practice is illegal in the United Statesservitude - state of subjection to an owner or master or forced labor imposed as punishment; "penal servitude"serfdom, serfhood, vassalage - the state of a serf
	3.	bondage - sexual practice that involves physically restraining (by cords or handcuffs) one of the partnerssex, sex activity, sexual activity, sexual practice - activities associated with sexual intercourse; "they had sex in the back seat"

bondage

noun slavery, imprisonment, captivity, confinement, yoke, duress, servitude, enslavement, subjugation, serfdom, subjection, vassalage, thraldom, enthralment A terrible life of bondage was compounded by a guilty secret.

bondage

nounA state of subjugation to an owner or master:enslavement, helotry, serfdom, servileness, servility, servitude, slavery, thrall, thralldom, villeinage, yoke.

Translations

奴役

bondage

(ˈbondidʒ) noun slavery. 奴役 奴役