bondage
bondage is defined in Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913) with 2 senses. The full text of each entry is reproduced verbatim below.
Definitions
- 1.Obligation; tie of duty. He must resolve by no means to be . . . brought under the bondage of onserving oaths. South.
- 2.(Old Eng. Law) Villenage; tenure of land on condition of doing the meanest services for the owner.
Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
Synonyms
Synonyms (Webster's 1913)
- bond service
- imprisonment
- thralldom
Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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