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bondage
[ bon-dij ]
noun
- slavery or involuntary servitude; serfdom.
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- the state of being bound by or subjected to some external power or control.
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- the state or practice of being physically restrained, as by being tied up, chained, or put in handcuffs, for sexual gratification.
- Early English Law. personal subjection to the control of a superior; villeinage.
bondage
/ ˈɒԻɪ /
noun
- slavery or serfdom; servitude
- Also calledvilleinage (in medieval Europe) the condition and status of unfree peasants who provided labour and other services for their lord in return for holdings of land
- a sexual practice in which one partner is physically bound
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51Թ History and Origins
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See slavery.
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"Slavery-like conditions", as defined by Brazilian law, include debt bondage and work that violates human dignity.
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Its online glossary includes a list of 31 desires, including polyamory, bondage and submission.
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He described himself as having been “a grinning, brooding young criminal psychopath in defiantly willing bondage to his psychopathy.”
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"People are often exploited, they’re held for large sums of money and often are put into things like debt bondage to try and work off these debts."
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Her work was rooted in and inspired by bondage, but she decidedly did not position itself as a bondage brand.
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