What is the meaning of bondage?

noun

  • The state of being under the control of a force or influence or abstract power.
    • usage: "he was in bondage to fear:; "he sought release from his bondage to Satan"; "a self freed from the bondage of time"
  • The state of being under the control of another person.
  • Sexual practice that involves physically restraining (by cords or handcuffs) one of the partners. .
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