bondage

Meaning

1. The state of being enslaved or the practice of slavery.
2. The state of lacking freedom; constraint.
3. The practice of physically restraining people for sexual pleasure, such as by tying up or shackling.
4. Applied to clothing with many buckles, zips, etc., associated with punk and goth subcultures.

Synonyms

slavery

servitude

tie

confinement

captivity

thraldom

thralldom

bond

serfdom

thrall

service

arrest

control

enslavement

subjection

subjugation

tying

bind

dependence

restrain

imprisonment

ligature

noose

restraint

restraints

restrictions

servility

shebang

vassalage

villeinage

sado-masochism

comfinement

colonizatin

bonded labour

bonded labor

bonded labor

bonded labour

band

bandaging

binding

bonds

bundle

clinch

constraint

custody

defeat

dependency

durance

duress

fastening

fettering

gyve

incarceration

internment

isolation

knot

🪢

ligation

Hyphenated as

bond‧age

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈbɒn.dɪd͡ʒ/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English bondage (“serfdom”), from British Medieval Latin bondagium (“an inferior tenure held by a bond or husbandman”), from Middle English bond (“tenant farmer, serf”), from Old English bonda (“householder, husband, head of a family”), of Old Norse origin. Sense development influenced by the unrelated terms bond and bind.