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slav⋅er⋅y

  [sley-vuh-ree, sleyv-ree]
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–noun
1. the condition of a slave; bondage.
2. the keeping of slaves as a practice or institution.
3. a state of subjection like that of a slave: He was kept in slavery by drugs.
4. severe toil; drudgery.
Origin:
1545–55; slave + -ery

Synonyms:
1. thralldom, enthrallment. Slavery, bondage, servitude refer to involuntary subjection to another or others. Slavery emphasizes the idea of complete ownership and control by a master: to be sold into slavery. Bondage indicates a state of subjugation or captivity often involving burdensome and degrading labor: in bondage to a cruel master. Servitude is compulsory service, often such as is required by a legal penalty: penal servitude. 4. moil, labor.
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slav·er·y   (slā'və-rē, slāv'rē)   
n.   pl. slav·er·ies

  1. The state of one bound in servitude as the property of a slaveholder or household.

    1. The practice of owning slaves.

    2. A mode of production in which slaves constitute the principal work force.

  3. The condition of being subject or addicted to a specified influence.

  4. A condition of hard work and subjection: wage slavery.

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