slavery Definition
slav·ery (slā′vər ē, slāv′rē)
noun
- the owning or keeping of slaves as a practice or institution; slaveholding
- the condition of being a slave; bondage; servitude
- a condition of submission to or domination by some influence, habit, etc.
- hard work or toil like that done by slaves; drudgery
slavery Synonyms
slavery
n.
Bondage
bondage, servitude, thralldom, enthrallment, subjection, subjugation, serfdom, constraint, captivity, restraint, bond service, vassalage, involuntary servitude; see also captivity.The use of slaves as an institution
owning slaves, slaveholding, slave-owning, practicing slavery, holding slaves, the peculiar institution*; see also sense 1.Drudgery
slavery implies absolute subjection to another person who owns and completely controls one; servitude refers to compulsory labor or service for another, often, specif., such labor imposed as punishment for crime; bondage originally referred to the condition of a serf bound to his master's land, but now implies any condition of subjugation or captivity
slavery Usage Examples
Preposition: of
sin: Thus, Christ uses his priceless life to redeem us from the slavery of sin and Satan.
Converse of object
- abolish: Robbins compares the new movement with the early battles to abolish slavery in the 18th century.
- outlaw: Muhammad and his successors were rulers and could have outlawed slavery.
- condemn: Garrison was highly critical of the Church for its refusal to condemn slavery.
- uphold: Horace Greeley: Do your territorial laws uphold slavery?
- oppose: The Quakers were one of the first faith communities to oppose slavery.
- justify: A racist ideology was created to justify slavery and to allow capital accumulation to take place.
Preposition: in
- colony: This included an act for the abolition of slavery in the colonies and the 1833 Factory Act.
- empire: Schama will deal with liberty and slavery in the British Empire, and the American Declaration of Independence.
Adjective modifier
- transatlantic: The conference will focus on the relationship between history, cultural memory and transatlantic slavery.
- colonial: Also, the racial character of colonial slavery was distinct.
- sexual: Young girls are often also forced into sexual slavery to service militia.
- Egyptian: The salt water represents the tears shed during Egyptian slavery.
- virtual: The elite class deceived the working serfs and kept them in virtual slavery.
- domestic: The nation thus becomes the new justification for domestic slavery.
Noun used with modifier
- chattel: It is at least as feeble as the case for chattel slavery.
- wage: I was content to move on to little clients when I told the bosses where to shove their wage slavery.
- plantation: Blackburn reminds us, however, that racial slavery was peculiarly associated with plantation slavery.
- asylum: Nano-science, asylum seeker slavery and more... SchNEWS 477, 10th December, 2004 ZanON and ON and ON!
- seeker: Nano-science, asylum seeker slavery and more... SchNEWS 477, 10th December, 2004 ZanON and ON and ON!
Browse dictionary entries near slavery
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- ‹ slave ship
- ‹ Slave River
- ‹ slave-making ant
- ‹ slave driver
- ‹ Slave Coast
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