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ENGLISH DICTIONARY

Noun
Pronunciation: /ˈbɒn.dɪd͡ʒ/

Definition 1:
• The state of being enslaved or the practice of slavery.
Example: debt bondage
Example: 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.
Wiktionary-listed antonyms: freedom
Labels: countable, uncountable

Definition 2:
• The state of lacking freedom; constraint.
Example: He lived in financial bondage to his cocaine habit; no matter how much he earned, it all seemed to disappear up his nose.
Wiktionary-listed antonyms: freedom
Labels: broadly, countable, uncountable

Definition 3:
• The practice of physically restraining people for sexual pleasure, such as by tying up or shackling.
Example: 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.
Labels: lifestyle, sex, sexuality, countable, uncountable

Definition 4:
• Applied to clothing with many buckles, zips, etc., associated with punk and goth subcultures.
Example: bondage trousers; bondage jeans; bondage pants
Labels: attributive, countable, uncountable

Source and attribution
Wiktionary contributors, via Kaikki/Wiktextract. Derived from Wiktionary; CC BY-SA and GFDL terms apply. Source: https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/bondage