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slavery

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Entry Word: slavery
Function: noun
Meaning: 1 the state of being a slave <a child born into slavery was considered simply another addition to the master's wealth and property>
Synonyms bondage, enslavement, servility, servitude, thrall, thralldom (or thraldom), yoke
Related Words peonage, serfdom; dependence, subjection, subjugation; captivity, enchainment, imprisonment, incarceration
Near Antonyms emancipation, enfranchisement, liberation, manumission; autonomy, independence, self-government, sovereignty
Antonyms freedom, liberty
2 very hard or unpleasant work <slavery of working in the coal mines every day of his adult life> — see toil

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