| 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: | conquest |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | defeat, victory |
Synonyms: |
acquisition, annexation, appropriation, big win, clean sweep, conquering, coup, defeating, discomfiture, grand slam, invasion, killing*, occupation, overthrow, rout, routing, score, splash*, subdual, subjection, subjugation, success, takeover, triumph, vanquishment, win |
Antonyms: |
failure, forfeit, loss, surrender, yielding |
| Main Entry: | control |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | command, mastery |
Synonyms: |
ascendancy, authority, bridle, charge, check, clout, containment, curb, determination, direction, discipline, domination, dominion, driver's seat, force, government, guidance, inside track, juice, jurisdiction, limitation, management, manipulation, might, oversight, predomination, qualification, regimentation, regulation, restraint, restriction, ropes, rule, strings, subjection, subordination, superintendence, supervision, supremacy, sway, upper hand, weight, wire pulling |
Antonyms: |
helplessness, powerlessness, relinquishment, renouncement, weakness |
| Main Entry: | dependence/dependency |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | addiction, need |
Synonyms: |
attachment, contingency, habit, helplessness, hook, inability, security blanket, servility, subjection, subordination, subservience, vulnerability, weakness, yoke |
Antonyms: |
independence, subtraction, want |
| Main Entry: | force |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | physical energy, power |
Synonyms: |
arm, brunt, clout, coercion, compulsion, conscription, constrait, draft, duress, dynamism, effort, enforcement, exaction, extortion, full head of steam, fury, horsepower, impact, impetus, impulse, might, momentum, muscle, pains, potency, potential, pow, pressure, punch, push, sinew, sock, speed, steam, stimulus, strain, strength, stress, strong arm, stuff*, subjection, tension, trouble, velocity, vigor, violence, what it takes |
Antonyms: |
powerlessness, weakness |
| Main Entry: | humility |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | humbleness, modesty |
Synonyms: |
abasement, bashfulness, demureness, diffidence, docility, fawning, inferiority complex, lack of pride, lowliness, meekness, mortification, nonresistance, obedience, obsequiousness, passiveness, reserve, resignation, self-abasement, self-abnegation, servility, sheepishness, shyness, subjection, submissiveness, subservience, timidity, timorousness, unobtrusiveness, unpretentiousness |
Antonyms: |
arrogance, assertiveness, egoism, pretentiousness, pride, self-importance |
| Main Entry: | liability |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | answerability, responsibility |
Synonyms: |
accountability, accountableness, amenability, amenableness, arrearage, blame, burden, compulsion, culpability, debt, duty, indebtedness, obligation, onus, owing, subjection, susceptibility |
Antonyms: |
irresponsibility, unaccountability |
| Main Entry: | loyalty |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | faithfulness, dependability |
Synonyms: |
adherence, allegiance, ardor, attachment, bond, conscientiousness, constancy, devotedness, devotion, duty, earnestness, faith, fealty, fidelity, homage, honesty, honor, incorruptibility, integrity, inviolability, obedience, patriotism, probity, reliability, resolution, scrupulousness, sincerity, single-mindedness, singleness, staunchness, steadfastness, subjection, submission, support, tie, troth, trueheartedness, trueness, trustiness, trustworthiness, truth, truthfulness, uprightness, zeal |
Antonyms: |
disloyalty, undependability, unfaithfulness |
| Main Entry: | oppression |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | misery, hardship |
Synonyms: |
abuse, abusiveness, autocracy, brutality, calamity, coercion, compulsion, conquering, control, cruelty, despotism, dictatorship, domination, fascism, force, forcibleness, hardness, harshness, injury, injustice, iron hand, maltreatment, martial law, overthrowing, persecution, severity, subduing, subjection, suffering, torment, tyrrany |
Antonyms: |
cheer, delight, happiness, joy |