bondage
The definition of bondage means the state of being a slave or of being severely constricted or restrained by obligations or circumstances.
(noun)- A person who is a slave is an example of someone in bondage.
- A person who is tied to his job and who has no choice to leave because of financial pressure is an example of someone in bondage.
- Tying up your significant other with handcuffs as part of a sexual encounter is an example of bondage.
See bondage in Webster's New World College Dictionary
noun
- serfdom or slavery
- subjection to some force, compulsion, or influence; specif., physical restraint as a sadomasochistic technique
- villeinage
Origin: 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
See bondage in American Heritage Dictionary 4
noun
- The state of one who is bound as a slave or serf.
- A state of subjection to a force, power, or influence.
- The practice of being physically restrained, as with cords or handcuffs, as a means of attaining sexual gratification.
- Villeinage.
Origin:
Origin: Middle English
Origin: , from Anglo-Norman
Origin: , from Middle English bonde, serf
Origin: , from Old English bōnda, husbandman
Origin: , from Old Norse bōndi
Origin: , present participle of būa, to live; see bheuə- in Indo-European roots
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