The state of being under the control of another person.

synonyms: bondage, thraldom, thrall, thralldom.

Roget 686: exertion, effort, strain, tug, pull, stress, throw, stretch, struggle, spell, spurt, spirt^†; stroke of work, stitch of work.    a strong pull a long pull and a pull all a strong pull a long pull and a pull all together;" dead lift; heft; gymnastics; exercise, exercitation^†; wear and tear; ado; toil and trouble; uphill work, hard work, warm work; harvest time.    labor, work, toil, travail, manual labor, sweat of one's brow, swink^†, drudgery, slavery, fagging^†, hammering; limae labor [Lat.]; industry, industriousness, operoseness^†, operosity^†.    trouble, pains, duty; resolution etc. 604; energy etc. (physical) 171.    ... show more

Roget 886: servility; slavery etc. (subjection) 749; obsequiousness etc. adj.; subserviency; abasement; prostration, prosternation^†; genuflection etc. (worship) 990; fawning etc. v.; tuft-hunting, timeserving^†, flunkeyism^†; sycophancy etc. (flattery) 933; humility etc. 879.    sycophant, parasite; toad, toady, toad-eater; tufthunter^†; snob, flunky, flunkey, yes-man, lapdog, spaniel, lickspittle, smell-feast, Graeculus esuriens [Lat.], hanger on, cavaliere servente [It], led captain, carpet knight; timeserver, fortune hunter, Vicar of Bray, Sir-Pertinax, Max Sycophant, pickthank^†; flatterer etc. 935; doer of dirty work; ame damnee [Fr.], tool; reptile; slave etc. (servant) 746; courtier; beat [Slang], dead beat [Slang], doughface [U.S.], heeler [U.S.], homme de cour [Fr.], sponger, sucker [Slang], tagtail^†, truckler.    ... show more

Roget 749: 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 etc. 177; constraint etc. 751; oppression etc. (severity) 739; yoke etc. (means of restraint) 752; submission etc. 725; obedience etc. 743.    ... show more

Dutch: onderworpen, tot slaaf gemaakt, knechtschap, lijfeigenschap, slavendienst, slavernij
Polish: niewola

The practice of owning slaves.

synonym: slaveholding.

Dutch: slavernij

Work done under harsh conditions for little or no pay.

Dutch: slavenarbeid, slavenwerk