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esclavage — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • bondage noun The state of being enslaved, or forced servitude with no freedom.
  • enslavement noun The act of forcing someone into slavery, or the resulting condition.
  • slavery noun The practice or system of owning people as property and forcing them to work.
  • thraldom noun A state of bondage, slavery, or subjugation to another person.

Senses

esclavage is used for these senses in English:

  • bondage The state of being enslaved or the practice of slavery.
  • bondage (by extension) The state of lacking freedom; constraint.
  • enslavement The act of enslaving or the state of being a slave; bondage
  • thraldom (literary, or, puristic, otherwise, archaic) A state of bondage, slavery, or subjugation to another person.

bondage — full definition

  1. noun The state of being enslaved, or forced servitude with no freedom.
  2. noun The practice of tying or restraining someone, typically for sexual pleasure.

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