bondage
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
- Line style
- core relation
- instance, member or derived
- substance, domain or see-also
- Direction
- arrow points to the broader concept
- dashed outline: no word in this language
- Click any word to expand it.
Senses
Sense 1 noun
the state of being under the control of a force or influence or abstract power
he was in bondage to fear:;
Types & categories
- subjection hypernym
Sense 2 noun
the state of being under the control of another person
Types & categories
- subjection hypernym
- bonded labor hyponym
- servitude hyponym
- serfdom hyponym
Related & opposite
- slavery derivation
Sense 3 noun
sexual practice that involves physically restraining (by cords or handcuffs) one of the partners
Types & categories
- sexual activity hypernym
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | subjection |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | slavery |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | subjection |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | bonded labor |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | servitude |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | serfdom |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | sexual activity |