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 [ˈbɒndɪdʒ]

n

1. slavery or serfdom; servitude

2. (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 land

3. (Psychiatry) a sexual practice in which one partner is physically bound

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 A terrible life of bondage was compounded by a guilty secret.

Translations

bondage [ˈbɒndɪdʒ] N

1. (= enslavement) → esclavitud f, cautiverio m
to be in bondage to sth → ser esclavo de algo

2. (= sexual practice) → bondage m

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bondage [ˈbɒndɪdʒ] n → esclavage m, servage m

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bondage

n

(lit) → Sklaverei f; (in Middle Ages) → Leibeigenschaft f; in bondage to somebody → in Sklaverei/Leibeigenschaft bei jdm, jdm hörig

(fig liter) → vollständige Unterjochung; in bondage to something → einer Sache (dat) → unterworfen; her stronger will kept him in bondage → ihr stärkerer Wille hielt ihn vollständig unterdrückt

(sexual) → Fesseln nt; bondage gear/magazine → Sadomasoausrüstung f → /-heft nt

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bondage [ˈbɒndɪdʒ] n → servitù, schiavitù

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bondage

n bondage [ˈbondidʒ]

slavery. slawerny عُبودِيَّه، رِقٌّ робство otroctví slavery die Knechtschaft σκλαβιά esclavitud orjus بردگی orjuus esclavage שִׁעַבּוּד @@@שִׁיעַבּוּד$$$ दासता ropstvo rabszolgaság perbudakan ánauð, þrælkun schiavitù 奴隷の身分 노예의 처지 vergija dzimtbūšana; verdzība perhambaan slavernij trelldom niewola escravatura sclavie рабство otroctvo suženjstvo ropstvo träldom, slaveri ความเป็นทาส kölelik, esaret 奴役 рабство; залежність غلامی ، قید cảnh nô lệ 奴役