Meaning

4 senses
  1. (countable, uncountable)The state of being enslaved or the practice of slavery.

    debt bondage

    In Judeo-Christian tradition, the Israelites fled bondage at the hands of the Egyptians, only to wander in the wilderness for the next four decades.

    Sklaverei

    ра́бствоrábstvo, нево́ляnevólja

  2. (broadly, countable, uncountable)The state of lacking freedom; constraint.

    He lived in financial bondage to his cocaine habit; no matter how much he earned, it all seemed to disappear up his nose.

    Pflicht

    зави́симостьzavísimostʹ

  3. (countable, uncountable)The practice of physically restraining people for sexual pleasure, such as by tying up or shackling.

    Their marriage broke up when she discovered he had been engaging in bondage games with a local dominatrix while he was supposedly working out at the gym.

    Bondage

    бонда́жbondáž

    sexual practice that involves physically restraining (by cords or handcuffs) one of the partners

  4. (attributive, countable, uncountable)Applied to clothing with many buckles, zips, etc., associated with punk and goth subcultures.

    bondage trousers; bondage jeans; bondage pants

Examples

11 sentences
  1. I guess she's into bondage and domination.

    Я думаю їй подобпється бондаж та домінація.

    deIch vermute, sie steht auf Fesseln und Unterwerfung.

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  2. I'm feeling like a penguin in bondage.

    Почуваюся як пінгвін у бондажі.

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  3. Henrietta's main kink is bondage.

    Основний кінк Генрієтти - бондаж.

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  4. Santiago has countless bondage magazines.

    У Сантьяґо є незліченна кількість журналів про бондаж.

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  5. He liberated the people from bondage.

    deEr befreite das Volk von seinen Ketten.

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Translations

7 languages
Русский
By meaning 3
state of being enslaved or the practice of slavery:
state of lacking freedom; constraint:
practice of tying people up for sexual pleasure:
Deutsch
By meaning 3
state of being enslaved or the practice of slavery:
state of lacking freedom; constraint:
practice of tying people up for sexual pleasure:

Origin

Inherited from Middle English bondage (“serfdom”), from British Medieval Latin bondagium (

Inherited from Middle English bondage (“serfdom”), from British Medieval Latin bondagium (“an inferior tenure held by a bond or husbandman”), from Middle English bond (“tenant farmer, serf”), from Old English bonda (“householder, husband, head of a family”), of Old Norse origin. Sense development influenced by the unrelated terms bond and bind.

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Forms

plural: bondages
Singularbondage
Pluralbondages

regular

Synonyms

4 synonyms
Close in meaning

Antonyms

1 antonyms

Word family

6 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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