noun
- the state of being a slave or completely subject to someone more powerful
- the state of being bound by or subjected to some external power or control
Examples
- The abolitionists fought to end the bondage of enslaved people.
- Many workers felt trapped in economic bondage to their employers.
- The country struggled to break free from colonial bondage.
- She escaped the bondage of an abusive relationship.
- The novel depicts the harsh realities of bondage in the antebellum South.
- They sought liberation from the bondage of poverty.