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bondage

[ bon-dij ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

noun

slavery or involuntary servitude; serfdom.
Synonyms: prison, restraint, captivity
the state of being bound by or subjected to some external power or control.
Synonyms: imprisonment, confinement, captivity, thralldom
the state or practice of being physically restrained, as by being tied up, chained, or put in handcuffs, for sexual gratification.
Early English Law. personal subjection to the control of a superior; villeinage.

bondage

/ ˈbɒndɪdʒ /

slavery or serfdom; servitude
Also calledvilleinage (in medieval Europe) the condition and status of unfree peasants who provided labour and other services for their lord in return for holdings of land
a sexual practice in which one partner is physically bound

Origin of bondage¹

First recorded in 1250–1300; Middle English, from Anglo-Latin bondagium. See bond ², -age

Appearances mostly occurred in crime novels like “Bondage and boyflesh” by Newt Jennings.

But the craziest thing I did was the stuff I did for Device Bondage, which is actually super fun.

Porn star Holly Sampson, whose work includes Descent Into Bondage and Diary of a Horny Housewife.

The day will come, however, when people will think of him as the man who wrote Of Human Bondage.

Freedom gotten by the Sword is an 140 established Bondage to some part or other of the Creation.

Because it brings in Kingly Bondage again, and is the occasion of all quarrels and oppressions.

No man shall either give hire or take hire for his work; for this brings in Kingly Bondage.

Bondage, serfdom, even slavery, seemed to be sanctioned by the Bible.

April 17, 2024axolotl

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