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Bondage - Dictionary Definition and Overview |
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Bondage : (noun)
1: the state of being under the control of another person [syn:
slavery, thrall, thralldom, thraldom]
2: sexual practice that involves physically restraining (by
cords or handcuffs) one of the partners
Based on WordNet 2.0
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Bondage : \Bond"age\, n. [LL. bondagium. See Bond, a.]
1. The state of being bound; condition of being under
restraint; restraint of personal liberty by compulsion;
involuntary servitude; slavery; captivity.
The King, when he designed you for my guard,
Resolved he would not make my bondage hard.
--Dryden.
2. Obligation; tie of duty.
He must resolve by no means to be . . . brought
under the bondage of onserving oaths. --South.
3. (Old Eng. Law) Villenage; tenure of land on condition of
doing the meanest services for the owner.
Syn: Thralldom; bond service; imprisonment.
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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Bondage : of Israel in Egypt (Ex. 2:23, 25; 5), which is called the "house
of bondage" (13:3; 20:2). This word is used also with reference
to the captivity in Babylon (Isa. 14:3), and the oppression of
the Persian king (Ezra 9:8, 9).
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
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