Definitions for bondage
ˈbɒn dɪdʒbondage

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:3.3 / 3 votes

1. bondagenoun

   the state of being under the control of a force or influence or abstract power

   "he was in bondage to fear:; "he sought release from his bondage to Satan"; "a self freed from the bondage of time"

2. bondage, slavery, thrall, thralldom, thraldomnoun

   the state of being under the control of another person

3. bondagenoun

   sexual practice that involves physically restraining (by cords or handcuffs) one of the partners

WiktionaryRate this definition:4.0 / 3 votes

1. bondagenoun

   The state of being enslaved or the practice of slavery.

   In Judeo-Christian tradition, the Israelites fled bondage at the hands of the Egyptians, only to wander in the wilderness for the next four decades.

2. bondagenoun

   The state of lacking freedom; constraint.

   He lived in financial bondage to his cocaine habit; no matter how much he earned, it all seemed to disappear up his nose.

3. bondagenoun

   The practice of tying people up for sexual pleasure.

   Their marriage broke up when she discovered he had been engaging in bondage games with a local dominatrix while he was supposedly working out at the gym.

4. Etymology: From bondage, from (Anglo-Latin) bondagium, from bond, from bonda, of origin, from bóndi, bóandi, from bóa, búa, from būanan, from bhōw-. Cognate with and bóndi, bo, bauen, boer, bower. See also neighbour, booth, build.

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Bondagenoun

   Captivity; imprisonment; state of restraint.

   Etymology: from bond.

   You only have overthrown me, and in my bondage consists my glory. Philip Sidney, b. ii.

   Say, gentle princess, would you not suppose
   Your bondage happy, to be made a queen? ——
   —— To be a queen in bondage, is more vile
   Than is a slave in base servility. William Shakespeare, Henry VI. p. i.

   Our cage
   We make a choir, as doth the prison’d bird,
   And sing our bondage freely. William Shakespeare, Cymbeline.

   He must resolve by no means to be enslaved, and brought under the bondage of observing oaths, which ought to vanish, when they stand in competition with eating or drinking, or taking money. South.

   The king, when he design’d you for my guard,
   Resolv’d he would not make my bondage hard. Dryden.

   If she has a struggle for honour, she is in a bondage to love; which gives the story its turn that way. Alexander Pope, notes on Iliad.

ChatGPTRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. bondage

   Bondage refers to the state or condition of being a slave or being subjected to some form of control or restriction. It can also refer to a sexual practice where partners willingly use restraints for erotic or aesthetic pleasure.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Bondageadjective

   the state of being bound; condition of being under restraint; restraint of personal liberty by compulsion; involuntary servitude; slavery; captivity

2. Bondageadjective

   obligation; tie of duty

3. Bondageadjective

   villenage; tenure of land on condition of doing the meanest services for the owner

WikidataRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Bondage

   Bondage is the tying, binding, or restraining of a person for the sexual, aesthetic, and/or psychological pleasure of the parties involved. Rope, cuffs, bondage tape, self-adhesive bandages, or other restraints may be used for this purpose. Bondage itself does not contain sadomasochism. Bondage may be used as an end into itself, as in the case of rope bondage and breast bondage. It may also be used as a part of sex or in conjunction with other BDSM activities. The letter "B" in the acronym "BDSM" comes from the word "bondage". Sexuality and erotica are an important aspect in bondage, but are often not the end in itself. Aesthetics also plays an important role in bondage. The most common reason for the active partner to tie up his/her partner is pleasure from the restrained partner's submission and the feeling of the temporary transfer of control and power. For sadomasochistic people, bondage is often used as a means to an end, where the restrained partner is more accessible to other sadomasochistic behaviour. However, bondage can also be used for its own sake. The active partner can derive visual pleasure from seeing his/her partner tied up, and the restrained partner can derive tactile pleasure from the feeling of helplessness and immobility.

Chambers 20th Century DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Bondage

   bond′āj, n. state of being bound: captivity: slavery.—n. Bond′ager, a female outworker in the Border and North country, whom the hind or married cottar was bound to provide for the farm-work. [O. Fr.; Low L. bondagium, a kind of tenure. Acc. to Skeat, this is from A.S. bonda, a boor, a householder, from Ice. bóndi = búandi, a tiller, a husbandman, búa, to till, cog. with A.S. búan.]

Matched Categories

1. • Sexual Activity
   • Subjugation

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Anagrams for bondage »

1. dogbane

2. gone bad

How to pronounce bondage?

1. Alex

   US English

   David

   US English

   Mark

   US English

   Daniel

   British

   Libby

   British

   Mia

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

   Indian

   Neerja

   Indian

   Zira

   US English

   Oliver

   British

   Wendy

   British

   Fred

   US English

   Tessa

   South African

How to say bondage in sign language?

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of bondage in Chaldean Numerology is: 9

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of bondage in Pythagorean Numerology is: 3

Examples of bondage in a Sentence

1. Thomas Troward:

   Our repeated failure to fully act as we would wish must not discourage us. It is the sincere intention that is the essential thing, and this will in time release us from the bondage of habits which at present seem almost insuperable.

2. Santa Kumar:

   My father didn't even dream of this life. We only knew bondage. Now we don't even have to take a loan.

3. Ramana Maharshi:

   Inquiring into the nature of one’s self that is in bondage, and realizing one’s true nature is release

4. Robert Cleary:

   That was their choice, there was no debt, there was no bondage, there was no forced labor.

5. Agatha Christie, Appointment with Death:

   No country can be described as free- but each has different degrees of bondage.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=bondage
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Bondage
3. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=bondage
4. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
5. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/bondage
6. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=bondage
7. ^ Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/37683/37683-h/37683-h.htm#:~:text=bondage
8. ^ Usage in printed sources
   https://books.google.com/ngrams/graph?content=bondage