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bondage |
a state of servitude or slavery to another. [1/2 definitions] |
manumission |
a freeing from slavery, servitude, or bondage; emancipation. |
peonage |
a system by which debtors are bound in servitude to their creditors until their debts have been paid. [1/2 definitions] |
serf |
in feudal societies, a person who is held in servitude on a lord's land and who may be sold or otherwise transferred with the land. [2 definitions] |
thralldom |
the state of being in thrall or bondage; slavery or servitude. |
vassalage |
subordination, dependence, or servitude. [1/2 definitions] |
yoke |
to force into servitude; enslave. [1/9 definitions] |
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