as in slavery
the state of being an enslaved person
people freed from bondage
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Recent Examples of bondage
Like many migrant workers in the industry, the four were hired by recruiting firms which withheld large portions of their salaries as repayment for administrative costs in a practice known as debt bondage, leaving them with little to no pay, the lawsuit says.
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Lex Harvey, CNN, 21 Mar. 2025
Slavery was protected by law, and the Fugitive Slave Act criminalized helping people escape bondage.
—Tom Debley, Mercury News, 4 June 2025
Beneath the bondage and demands, there’s genuine caring between Ray and Colin, like when the former assembles his crew to celebrate the latter’s birthday, or when Ray helps a grieving Colin collect himself.
—Glenn Garner, Deadline, 18 May 2025
Originally, the introduction read: The Underground Railroad—the resistance to enslavement through escape and flight, through the end of the Civil War—refers to the efforts of enslaved African Americans to gain their freedom by escaping bondage.
—Kinsey Crowley, USA Today, 7 Apr. 2025
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Lex Harvey, CNN, 21 Mar. 2025
Slavery was protected by law, and the Fugitive Slave Act criminalized helping people escape bondage.
—Tom Debley, Mercury News, 4 June 2025
Beneath the bondage and demands, there’s genuine caring between Ray and Colin, like when the former assembles his crew to celebrate the latter’s birthday, or when Ray helps a grieving Colin collect himself.
—Glenn Garner, Deadline, 18 May 2025
Originally, the introduction read: The Underground Railroad—the resistance to enslavement through escape and flight, through the end of the Civil War—refers to the efforts of enslaved African Americans to gain their freedom by escaping bondage.
—Kinsey Crowley, USA Today, 7 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for bondage
slavery
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That modern-day descendants of slaves seven generations removed from the Civil War — in a state that never instituted slavery — should not receive cash payments or special treatment is obvious and common sense.—
U T Readers,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
29 July 2025
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In 2024, she was denied a visa to Australia following remarks that minimized the Holocaust and controversial claims about Islam and slavery.—
Marni Rose McFall,
MSNBC Newsweek,
24 July 2025
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“Bondage.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bondage. Accessed 7 Aug. 2025.
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