| NOUN | state | thralldom, bondage, slavery, thrall, thraldom | the state of being under the control of another person |
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| Meaning | The state of being under the control of another person. | |
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| Synonyms | bondage, slavery, thrall, thraldom | |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| Spanish | esclavitud | |
| Catalan | esclau, esclavatge, esclavitud | |
| Nouns | thrall | the state of being under the control of another person |
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