bondage (n.)

  1. 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. the state of being under the control of another person

    [ Syn: slavery , thrall , thralldom , thraldom ]

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

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