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enslavement
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun enslavement has 2 senses
- enslavement(n = noun.state) captivity - the state of being a slave; "So every bondman in his own hand bears the power to cancel his captivity" is a kind of subjection, subjugation
- enslavement(n = noun.act) Array - the act of making slaves of your captives; Array is a kind of capture, gaining control, seizure
Derived form verb enslave1
CIDE DICTIONARY
enslavement, n.
The act of reducing to slavery; state of being enslaved; bondage; servitude. [1913 Webster]
"A fresh enslavement to their enemies."
[1913 Webster]
ROGET THESAURUS
enslavement
Subjection
N subjection, dependence, dependency, subordination, thrall, thralldom, thraldom, enthrallment, subjugation, bondage, serfdom, feudalism, feudality, vassalage, villenage, slavery, enslavement, involuntary servitude, conquest, service, servitude, servitorship, tendence, employ, tutelage, clientship, liability, constraint, oppression, yoke, submission, obedience, subject, dependent, subordinate, feudal, feudatory, in subjection to, under control, in leading strings, in harness, subjected, enslaved, constrained, downtrodden, overborne, overwhelmed, under the lash, on the hip, led by the nose, henpecked, the puppet of, the sport of, the plaything of, under one's orders, under one's command, under one's thumb, a slave to, at the mercy of, in the power of, in the hands of, in the clutches of, at the feet of, at one's beck and call, liable, parasitical, stipendiary, under, slaves - in a land of light and law.
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