Synonyms of the word slavery


SLAVERYBONDAGE - LABOR - LABOUR - PATTERN - PRACTICE - SLAVEHOLDING - SUBJECTION - SUBJUGATION - THRALDOM - THRALL - THRALLDOM - TOIL

slavery

  • n. An institution or social practice of owning human beings as property, especially for use as forced laborers.
  • n. A condition of servitude endured by a slave.
  • n. (figuratively) A condition in which one is captivated or subjugated, as by greed or drugs.

bondage

  • n. The state of being enslaved or the practice of slavery.
  • n. (by extension) The state of lacking freedom; constraint.
  • n. The practice of tying people up for sexual pleasure.
  • n. (attributive) Applied to clothing with many buckles, zips, etc., associated with punk and goth subcultures.

labor

  • n. American standard spelling of labour.
  • v. American standard spelling of labour.

labour

  • n. Effort expended on a particular task; toil, work.
  • n. That which requires hard work for its accomplishment; that which demands effort.
  • n. (uncountable) Workers in general; the working class, the workforce; sometimes specifically the labour…
  • n. (uncountable) A political party or force aiming or claiming to represent the interests of labour.
  • n. The act of a mother giving birth.
  • n. The time period during which a mother gives birth.
  • n. (nautical) The pitching or tossing of a vessel which results in the straining of timbers and rigging.
  • n. An old measure of land area in Mexico and Texas, approximately 177 acres.
  • v. (intransitive) To toil, to work.
  • v. (transitive) To belabour, to emphasise or expand upon (a point in a debate, etc).
  • v. To be oppressed with difficulties or disease; to do one's work under conditions which make it especially…
  • v. To suffer the pangs of childbirth.
  • v. (nautical) To pitch or roll heavily, as a ship in a turbulent sea.

pattern

  • n. Model, example.
  • n. A design, motif or decoration, especially formed from regular repeated elements.
  • n. A naturally-occurring or random arrangement of shapes, colours etc. which have a regular or decorative…
  • n. The given spread, range etc. of shot fired from a gun.
  • n. A particular sequence of events, facts etc. which can be understood, used to predict the future, or seen…
  • n. (linguistics) An intelligible arrangement in a given area of language.
  • v. To apply a pattern.
  • v. To make or design (anything) by, from, or after, something that serves as a pattern; to copy; to model;…
  • v. To follow an example.
  • v. To fit into a pattern.
  • v. (transitive) To serve as an example for.

practice

  • n. Repetition of an activity to improve a skill.
  • n. An organized event for the purpose of performing such repetition.
  • n. (uncountable) The ongoing pursuit of a craft or profession, particularly in medicine or the fine arts.
  • n. (countable) A place where a professional service is provided, such as a general practice.
  • n. The observance of religious duties that a church requires of its members.
  • n. A customary action, habit, or behaviour; a manner or routine.
  • n. Actual operation or experiment, in contrast to theory.
  • n. (law) The form, manner, and order of conducting and carrying on suits and prosecutions through their various…
  • n. Skilful or artful management; dexterity in contrivance or the use of means; stratagem; artifice.
  • n. (mathematics) A easy and concise method of applying the rules of arithmetic to questions which occur in…
  • v. US spelling of practise.

slaveholding

  • adj. Having possession/ownership of one or more slaves.
  • n. An owning of one or more slaves.

subjection

  • n. The act of bringing something under the control of something else.
  • n. The state of being subjected.

subjugation

  • n. The act of subjugating.
  • n. The state of being subjugated; forced control by others.

thraldom

  • n. Alternative spelling of thralldom.

thrall

  • n. One who is enslaved or under mind control.
  • n. (uncountable) The state of being under the control of another person.
  • n. A shelf; a stand for barrels, etc.
  • v. To make a thrall.

thralldom

  • n. A state of bondage, slavery, or subjugation to another person.

toil

  • n. labour, work, especially of a grueling nature.
  • n. trouble, strife.
  • n. A net or snare; any thread, web, or string spread for taking prey; usually in the plural.
  • v. (intransitive) To labour; work.
  • v. (intransitive) To struggle.
  • v. (transitive) To work (something); often with out.
  • v. (transitive) To weary through excessive labour.

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