имя существительное 1) рабство, неволя; крепостное состояние, крепостное право Например: to sell into bondage — продавать в зависимость, продавать в рабство to deliver from bondage — освобождать из рабства Синоним(ы): servitude, serfdom, slavery 2) зависимость, подневольность Синоним(ы): subjection, dependence 3) садомазохизм Синоним(ы): sadomasochism
noun Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo-French, from bonde customary tenant, from Middle English 1. the tenure or service of a villein, serf, or slave 2. a state of being bound usually by compulsion (as of law or mastery): as a. captivity, serfdom b. servitude or subjugation to a controlling person or force Example: young people in bondage to drugs 3. sadomasochistic sexual practices involving the physical restraint of one partner