"bondage" in the noun sense
1. bondage
the state of being under the control of a force or influence or abstract power
"he was in bondage to fear"
"he sought release from his bondage to Satan"
"a self freed from the bondage of time"
2. bondage, slavery, thrall, thralldom, thraldom
the state of being under the control of another person
3. bondage
sexual practice that involves physically restraining (by cords or handcuffs) one of the partners
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