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Antonyms for bondage

Grammar : Noun
Spell : bon-dij
Phonetic Transcription : ˈbɒn dɪdʒ


Definition of bondage

Origin :
  • c.1300, "condition of a serf or slave," from Anglo-Latin bondagium, from Middle English bond "a serf, tenant farmer," from Old English bonda "householder," from Old Norse boandi "free-born farmer," noun use of present participle of boa "dwell, prepare, inhabit," from PIE *bhow-, from root *bheue- "to be, exist, dwell" (see be). Meaning in English changed by influence of bond. The sexual sado-masochism sense is recorded by 1966.
  • noun slavery
Example sentences :
  • By all means let him dream of the Bondage of Egypt, so long as he is free from it.
  • Extract from : « Alarms and Discursions » by G. K. Chesterton
  • In his “Bondage of the Will,” he severely criticises the book.
  • Extract from : « The Bible » by John E. Remsburg
  • Bondage, serfdom, even slavery, seemed to be sanctioned by the Bible.
  • Extract from : « The Influence of the Bible on Civilisation » by Ernst Von Dobschutz
  • What better luck could that ring cause than that we should escape from the land of Egypt—the House of Bondage?
  • Extract from : « For Faith and Freedom » by Walter Besant
  • (It is the vibration of mind acting upon the body, and causing its actions that subjects to Bondage).
  • Extract from : « The Yoga-Vasishtha Maharamayana of Valmiki, vol. 3 (of 4) part 2 (of 2) » by Valmiki
  • The Bondage of those countries will, as far as I can perceive, be prolonged by what this Court has in contemplation.
  • Extract from : « The Life Of Thomas Paine, Vol. I. (of II) » by Moncure Daniel Conway
  • Following it came some admirable portrait busts; and finally, in 1862, his "Peace in Bondage."
  • Extract from : « American Men of Mind » by Burton E. Stevenson
  • Freedom gotten by the Sword is an 140 established Bondage to some part or other of the Creation.
  • Extract from : « The Digger Movement in the Days of the Commonwealth » by Lewis H. Berens
  • But they have long occupied, nevertheless, a part of 'thePg 337 House of Bondage,' who has lately multiplied her many mansions.
  • Extract from : « Life of Lord Byron, Vol. III » by Thomas Moore
  • The next of the four is The House of Bondage, which had less success than it deserved.
  • Extract from : « Our Stage and Its Critics » by "E.F.S." of "The Westminster Gazette"

Synonyms for bondage

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