English > thrall: 2 senses > noun 1, state| Meaning | The state of being under the control of another person. |
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| Synonyms | bondage, slavery, thralldom, thraldom |
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| Narrower | bonded labor | A practice in which employers give high-interest loans to workers whose entire families then labor at low wages to pay off the debt |
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| serfdom, serfhood, vassalage | The state of a serf |
| servitude | state of subjection to an owner or master or forced labor imposed as punishment |
| Broader | subjugation, subjection | forced submission to control by others |
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| Spanish | esclavitud |
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| Catalan | esclau, esclavatge, esclavitud |
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| Nouns | thralldom, thraldom | the state of being under the control of another person |
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