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bondage Definition

bond·age (bän′dij)

noun

  1. serfdom or slavery
  2. subjection to some force, compulsion, or influence; specif., physical restraint as a sadomasochistic technique
  3. villeinage

Etymology: ME < Anglo-L bondagium < OE bonda < ON bonde, orig. prp. of bua, to prepare, inhabit, akin to Ger bauen, to build < IE base *bheu-, to grow, develop > be, Sans bhū-, earth, Gr phyein, to grow

bondage Synonyms

bondage

n.

slavery, servitude, thralldom, subjugation; see slavery 1. See syn. study at slavery.

bondage Usage Examples

Converse of object

  • break: It is about breaking the bondage of tunnel vision.
  • have: There's a sense in which I still have a certain bondage.

Adjective modifier

  • Egyptian: Moses is summoned by God to give the people the law ( there is no mention of the Egyptian bondage.
  • bitter: For thirteen long years Joseph knew what bitter bondage meant.
  • spiritual: In terms of eternity, spiritual bondage is far worse than any political bondage.
  • hard: The Hebrews ' lives were made bitter with their hard bondage.
  • strong: Richie fits 100 percent and you can feel the strong bondage and the vibes between all group members.
  • great: The Eucharist, then, is a remembrance of God's deliverance of His people from the greater bondage of sin.

Modifies a noun

  • trouser: You could be hung by your bondage trousers for less.
  • gear: Looks like a teddy bear with a peg leg in bondage gear?
  • tape: It's got to score points alone just for containing bondage tape hasn't it?
  • furniture: With the exception of the bondage furniture we aim to have every item in stock and ready to ship.

Noun used with modifier

  • debt: Debt bondage is the most common form of slavery in the modern world.
  • rope: Next, she possesses all the traditional skills from rope bondage to cunning delivery of CP.

Preposition: in

case: A brother or a sister is not under bondage in such cases: but God hath called us to peace.

Preposition: of

  • corruption: The creation shall then be " delivered from the bondage of corruption into the glorious liberty of the children of God.
  • sin: In Christ the bondage of sin has been lifted.
  • fear: It is the function of speech to free men from the bondage of irrational fears.
  • will: The trouble is, as Martin Luther said in the 16th century, there is a " bondage of the will " .

Preposition: with

inkjet: This material with white appearance has strong bondage with inkjet receptive coating, flexo printing.