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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

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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