01 n. The state of being bound; condition of being under restraint; restraint of personal liberty by compulsion; involuntary servitude; slavery; …
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The state of being bound; condition of being under restraint; restraint of personal liberty by compulsion; involuntary servitude; slavery; captivity.“The King, when he designed you for my guard, Resolved he would not make my bondage hard.” — Dryden.
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Obligation; tie of duty.“He must resolve by no means to be . . . brought under the bondage of observing oaths.” — South.
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Villenage; tenure of land on condition of doing the meanest services for the owner.(Old Eng. Law)
Syn.
Thralldom; bond service; imprisonment.