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1. (n.) slavery
the condition of a slave; bondage.
2. slavery
the keeping of slaves as a practice or institution.
3. slavery
a state of subjection like that of a slave.
4. slavery
severe toil; drudgery.
Etymology: (1545–55)
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| Definition of 'slavery' |
Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (noun) bondage, slavery, thrall, thralldom, thraldom
the state of being under the control of another person
2. (noun) slavery, slaveholding
the practice of owning slaves
3. (noun) slavery
work done under harsh conditions for little or no pay
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1. (noun) slavery
a system in which people are owned as slaves
the laws that made slavery illegal
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Webster Dictionary |
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1. (noun) slavery
the condition of a slave; the state of entire subjection of one person to the will of another
2. (noun) slavery
a condition of subjection or submission characterized by lack of freedom of action or of will
3. (noun) slavery
the holding of slaves
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Sense: the state of being a slave.
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 Afrikaans: slaafwees |
 Arabic: عُبودِيَّه |
 Bulgarian: робство |
 Brazilian: escravidão |
 Czech: otroctví |
 German: die Sklaverei |
 Danish: slave |
 Greek: δουλεία |
 Spanish: esclavitud |
 Estonian: orjus |
 Farsi: بردگي |
 Finnish: orjuus |
 French: esclavage |
 Hebrew: עַבדוּת |
 Hindi: दासता |
 Croatian: robovanje |
 Hungarian: rabszolgaság |
 Indonesian: perbudakan |
 Icelandic: þrældómur |
 Italian: schiavitù |
 Japanese: 奴隷状態 |
 Korean: 노예 신분 |
 Lithuanian: vergovė, vergija |
 Latvian: verdzība |
 Malay: penghambaan |
 Dutch: slavernij |
 Norwegian: slaveri, trelldom |
 Polish: niewolnictwo |
 Persian: بردگي |
 Pashto: مرييتوب، غلامي: كړاو، ستو |
 Portuguese: escravatura |
 Romanian: sclavie |
 Russian: рабство |
 Slovak: otroctvo |
 Slovenian: suženjstvo |
 Serbian: ropstvo |
 Swedish: slaveri, träldom |
 Thai: ความเป็นทาส |
 Turkish: kölelik |
 Taiwanese: 奴隸身份 |
 Ukrainian: рабство |
 Urdu: غلامی |
 Vietnamese: tình trạng nô lệ |
 Chinese: 奴隶身份 |
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