Definition of slavery

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Slavery (n.) A condition of subjection or submission characterized by lack of freedom of action or of will.

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Antislavery :: Antislavery (a.) Opposed to slavery.
Disenslave :: Disenslave (v. t.) To free from bondage or slavery; to disenthrall.
Servage :: Servage (n.) Serfage; slavery; servitude.
Slavery :: Slavery (n.) The holding of slaves.
Yoke :: Yoke (n.) A mark of servitude; hence, servitude; slavery; bondage; service..
Free-soil :: Free-soil (a.) Pertaining to, or advocating, the non-extension of slavery; -- esp. applied to a party which was active during the period 1846-1856..
Enslavement :: Enslavement (n.) The act of reducing to slavery; state of being enslaved; bondage; servitude.
Abolition :: Abolition (n.) The act of abolishing, or the state of being abolished; an annulling; abrogation; utter destruction; as, the abolition of slavery or the slave trade; the abolition of laws, decrees, ordinances, customs, taxes, debts, etc..
Servitude :: Servitude (n.) The state of voluntary or compulsory subjection to a master; the condition of being bound to service; the condition of a slave; slavery; bondage; hence, a state of slavish dependence..
Antislavery :: Antislavery (n.) Opposition to slavery.
Emancipation :: Emancipation (n.) The act of setting free from the power of another, from slavery, subjection, dependence, or controlling influence; also, the state of being thus set free; liberation; as, the emancipation of slaves; the emancipation of minors; the emancipation of a person from prejudices; the emancipation of the mind from superstition; the emancipation of a nation from tyranny or subjection..
Enfranchise :: Enfranchise (v. t.) To set free; to liberate from slavery, prison, or any binding power..
Slavocracy :: Slavocracy (n.) The persons or interest formerly representing slavery politically, or wielding political power for the preservation or advancement of slavery..
Thraldom :: Thraldom (n.) The condition of a thrall; slavery; bondage; state of servitude.
Disinthrallment :: Disinthrallment (n.) A releasing from thralldom or slavery; disenthrallment.
Liberty :: Liberty (n.) The state of a free person; exemption from subjection to the will of another claiming ownership of the person or services; freedom; -- opposed to slavery, serfdom, bondage, or subjection..
Manumit :: Manumit (v. t.) To release from slavery; to liberate from personal bondage or servitude; to free, as a slave..
Vassalage :: Vassalage (n.) Political servitude; dependence; subjection; slavery; as, the Greeks were held in vassalage by the Turks..
Mancipation :: Mancipation (n.) Slavery; involuntary servitude.
Helotism :: Helotism (n.) The condition of the Helots or slaves in Sparta; slavery.
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