bondage

bond·age  (bndj)

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 bnda, husbandman, from Old Norse bndi, present participle of ba, to live; see bheu- in Indo-European roots.]

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bondage

Noun

1. a sexual practice in which one partner is tied or chained up

2. slavery

3. subjection to some influence or duty

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 person slavery, thraldom, thrall, thralldom subjection, subjugation - forced submission to control by others bonded 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 States servitude - 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 partners sex, sex activity, sexual activity, sexual practice - activities associated with sexual intercourse; "they had sex in the back seat"

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bondage

noun slavery, imprisonment, captivity, confinement, yoke, duress, servitude, enslavement, subjugation, serfdom, subjection, vassalage, thraldom, enthralment

Translations

bondage [ˈbɔndɪdʒ] n → esclavitud f

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bondage [ˈbɔndɪdʒ] n → esclavage m

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bondage [ˈbɔndɪdʒ] n → Sklaverei f

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bondage [ˈbɔndɪdʒ] n → schiavitù f