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bondage

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7 lettersPronunciation /ˈbɒn.dɪd͡ʒ/Part of speech nounSorted abdegnoStarts with BEnds with E0 cluesCommon crossword word
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Definitions

  1. sexual practice that involves physically restraining (by cords or handcuffs) one of the partners

Word origin

Inherited from Middle English bondage (“serfdom”), from British Medieval Latin bondagium (“an inferior tenure held by a bond or husbandman”), from Middle English bond (“tenant farmer, serf”), from Old English bonda (“householder, husband, head of a family”), of Old Norse origin. Sense development influenced by the unrelated terms bond and bind.

Used in a sentence

  • debt bondage
  • In Judeo-Christian tradition, the Israelites fled bondage at the hands of the Egyptians, only to wander in the wilderness for the next four decades.
  • He lived in financial bondage to his cocaine habit; no matter how much he earned, it all seemed to disappear up his nose.

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