Antonyms for vassalage
| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : vas-uh-lij |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈvæs ə lɪdʒ |
Definition of vassalage
Origin :- c.1300, from Old French vassalage, from vassal (see vassal).
- As in servitude : noun slavery
- As in slavery : noun state of working under duress or without freedom
- As in captivity : noun physical detention by force
- As in serfdom : noun slavery
- As in servileness : noun slavery
- As in servility : noun slavery
- As in thralldom : noun slavery
- As in villeinage : noun slavery
- The vassalage of the poor has ever been the favorite offspring of Aristocracy.
- Extract from : « The Journal of Negro History, Volume 3, 1918 » by Various
- They did not propose, if they could avoid it, to be forced into vassalage to the Swedes.
- Extract from : « Historical Tales, Vol. 9 (of 15) » by Charles Morris
- This is tantamount to proclaiming a form of vassalage—a thing which is not to be tolerated.
- Extract from : « The Cult of Incompetence » by Emile Faguet
- The great mass of inhabitants were kept in a state of servitude and vassalage.
- Extract from : « Hannibal » by Jacob Abbott
- Week after week went by, and we were kept in a state of vassalage.
- Extract from : « The Two Supercargoes » by W.H.G. Kingston
- Anything that savored of permanency smelled to him of vassalage.
- Extract from : « Dwellers in Arcady » by Albert Bigelow Paine
- This was not an act of vassalage, but a payment for public duties.
- Extract from : « The Prehistoric World » by E. A. Allen
- His allies were his vassals, nor was their vassalage concealed.
- Extract from : « The Best of the World's Classics, Restricted to Prose, Vol. IX (of X) - America - I » by Various
- The price which had to be paid for Tiglath-Pileser's intervention was vassalage and tribute.
- Extract from : « The Expositor's Bible » by F. W. Farrar
- The whole world shall be in vassalage to me, but it shall be a vassalage of peace.
- Extract from : « Revolution and Other Essays » by Jack London
Synonyms for vassalage
- bondage
- bonds
- bullwork
- captivity
- chains
- chains constraint
- committal
- confinement
- constraint
- custody
- drudge
- drudgery
- durance
- duress
- enslavement
- enthrallment
- entombment
- feudalism
- grind
- helotry
- impoundment
- imprisonment
- incarceration
- indenture
- internment
- jail
- labor
- limbo
- menial labor
- moil
- obedience
- peonage
- restraint
- serfdom
- serfhood
- servileness
- servility
- servitude
- slavery
- subjection
- subjugation
- thrall
- thralldom
- toil
- vassalage
- villeinage
- work
- yoke
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