| Main Entry: | serfdom |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | slavery |
Synonyms: |
bondage, bullwork, captivity, chains constraint, drudge, drudgery, enslavement, enthrallment, feudalism, grind*, helotry, indenture, labor, menial labor, moil, peonage, restraint, serfhood, servileness, servility, servitude, subjection, subjugation, thrall, thralldom, toil, vassalage, villeinage, work, yoke |
| Main Entry: | bondage |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | slavery |
Synonyms: |
chains, enslavement, helotry, peonage, serfage, serfdom, servility, servitude, subjection, subjugation, thrall, thralldom, villenage, yoke |
Antonyms: |
freedom, independence |
| Main Entry: | captivity |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | physical detention by force |
Synonyms: |
bondage, committal, confinement, constraint, custody, durance, duress, enslavement, enthrallment, entombment, impoundment, imprisonment, incarceration, internment, jail, limbo, restraint, serfdom, servitude, slavery, subjection, thralldom, vassalage |
Antonyms: |
freedom, independence, liberty, license |
| Main Entry: | servitude |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | slavery |
Synonyms: |
bondage, bonds, chains, confinement, enslavement, obedience, peonage, serfdom, serfhood, subjection, subjugation, thrall, thralldom, vassalage, yoke |
Antonyms: |
mastery |
| Main Entry: | slavery |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | state of working under duress or without freedom |
Synonyms: |
bondage, bullwork, captivity, chains constraint, drudge, drudgery, enslavement, enthrallment, feudalism, grind, helotry, indenture, labor, menial labor, moil, peonage, restraint, serfdom, serfhood, servitude, subjection, subjugation, thrall, thralldom, toil, vassalage, work |
Antonyms: |
mastery |
| Main Entry: | yoke |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | bondage, bond |
Synonyms: |
burden, chain, coupling, enslavement, helotry, knot, ligament, ligature, link, nexus, oppression, peonage, serfdom, service, servility, servitude, slavery, tie |
| Notes: | a yoke is a crossbar joining animals or something figuratively holding things together; a yolk is the yellow of an egg |
| Main Entry: | servileness |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | slavery |
Synonyms: |
bondage, bullwork, captivity, chains constraint, drudge, drudgery, enslavement, enthrallment, feudalism, grind*, helotry, indenture, labor, menial labor, moil, peonage, restraint, serfdom, serfhood, servility, servitude, subjection, subjugation, thrall, thralldom, toil, vassalage, villeinage, work, yoke |
| Main Entry: | servility |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | slavery |
Synonyms: |
bondage, bullwork, captivity, chains constraint, drudge, drudgery, enslavement, enthrallment, feudalism, grind*, helotry, indenture, labor, menial labor, moil, peonage, restraint, serfdom, serfhood, servileness, servitude, subjection, subjugation, thrall, thralldom, toil, vassalage, villeinage, work, yoke |
| Main Entry: | thralldom |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | slavery |
Synonyms: |
bondage, bullwork, captivity, chains constraint, drudge, drudgery, enslavement, enthrallment, feudalism, grind*, helotry, indenture, labor, menial labor, moil, peonage, restraint, serfdom, serfhood, servileness, servility, servitude, subjection, subjugation, thrall, toil, vassalage, villeinage, work, yoke |
| Main Entry: | villeinage |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | slavery |
Synonyms: |
bondage, bullwork, captivity, chains constraint, drudge, drudgery, enslavement, enthrallment, feudalism, grind*, helotry, indenture, labor, menial labor, moil, peonage, restraint, serfdom, serfhood, servileness, servility, servitude, subjection, subjugation, thrall, thralldom, toil, vassalage, work, yoke |