as in slavery
the state of being an enslaved person
people freed from bondage
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Recent Examples of bondage
Life drawing classes, singing bowl concerts, rope bondage groups: For decades, all have been welcome at their 2,500-square-foot meeting room upstairs, a sanctuary for Kansas City subcultures.
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David Hudnall, Kansas City Star, 27 Mar. 2025
After depositing their burdens, if not already in bondage, they often were sold into slavery.
—Anthony R. Cannella, Hartford Courant, 13 June 2025
Was Ginestra surprised at how readily Halsey took to the ideas for a bondage segment?
—Chris Willman, Variety, 8 June 2025
Other parts of the U.K.’s immigration system have been criticized as well, including the Seasonal Worker Visa scheme, which NGOs say leaves people open to various forms of exploitation, debt bondage and forced labor.
—Frey Lindsay, Forbes.com, 26 Mar. 2025
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David Hudnall, Kansas City Star, 27 Mar. 2025
After depositing their burdens, if not already in bondage, they often were sold into slavery.
—Anthony R. Cannella, Hartford Courant, 13 June 2025
Was Ginestra surprised at how readily Halsey took to the ideas for a bondage segment?
—Chris Willman, Variety, 8 June 2025
Other parts of the U.K.’s immigration system have been criticized as well, including the Seasonal Worker Visa scheme, which NGOs say leaves people open to various forms of exploitation, debt bondage and forced labor.
—Frey Lindsay, Forbes.com, 26 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for bondage
slavery
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The tragedy of slavery is also explored here, including an award-winning exhibit called Slavery and Cotton in the Shoals with work by textile artist Valerie S. Goodwin.—
Lisa Cericola,
Southern Living,
5 July 2025
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Douglass’s decision to speak on July 5, deliberately after Independence Day celebrations, symbolically underscored his argument: America’s celebration of freedom was bitterly ironic and deeply hypocritical in the context of slavery and racial oppression.—
Ed Gaskin,
Boston Herald,
4 July 2025
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“Bondage.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bondage. Accessed 18 Jul. 2025.
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