Definitions for bondage
ˈbɒn dɪdʒbondage

Princeton's WordNet(4.00 / 1 vote)Rate this definition:

1. bondage(noun)

   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, thraldom(noun)

   the state of being under the control of another person

3. bondage(noun)

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

Wiktionary(3.00 / 1 vote)Rate this definition:

1. bondage(Noun)

   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. bondage(Noun)

   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. bondage(Noun)

   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.

Origin: 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.

Webster Dictionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Bondage(adj)

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

2. Bondage(adj)

   obligation; tie of duty

3. Bondage(adj)

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

Freebase(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

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 Dictionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

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.]

Anagrams for bondage »

1. gone bad

2. dogbane

How to pronounce bondage?

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   Alex

   US English

   

   Daniel

   British

   

   Karen

   Australian

   

   Veena

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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. Rabindranath Tagore:

   Emancipation from the bondage of the soil is no freedom for the tree.

2. Dan Quayle:

   Republicans understand the importance of bondage between a mother and child.

3. Justice Louis Brandeis:

   It is the function of speech to free men from the bondage of irrational fears.

4. Cyril Connolly:

   The dread of loneliness is greater than the fear of bondage, so we get married.

5. Agatha Christie, Appointment with Death:

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

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