Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun bondage

3 senses of bondage

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")
       => subjugation, subjection -- (forced submission to control by others)

Sense 2
bondage, slavery, thrall, thralldom, thraldom -- (the state of being under the control of another person)
       => subjugation, subjection -- (forced submission to control by others)

Sense 3
bondage -- (sexual practice that involves physically restraining (by cords or handcuffs) one of the partners)
       => sexual activity, sexual practice, sex, sex activity -- (activities associated with sexual intercourse; "they had sex in the back seat")