BONDAGE

In its most basic sense, the word 'bondage' refers to the state or condition of being bound to an unfree labor system, as in slavery, indentured servitude, or serfdom. More generally, "bondage" may refer to any state of subjection to a force, influence, or power. In recent times, it has also become a generally recognised moniker for certain sexual practices.

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Etymology

Various usages

See also

Etymology

The word ''bondage'' is derived from the Middle English ''bonde'' ("serf"), which came from the Old English (Anglo-Saxon) word ''bōnda'' ("husbandman"), which itself comes from the Old Norse ''bōndi'', the past participle of ''būa'' ("to live").

Various usages

Specific meanings of "bondage" and words with the "bond-" prefix include:

★ Debt bondage, a modern form of slavery in which people are bound by debt, rather than legal ownership.

★ Bondage (BDSM) in BDSM is the practice of tying people up for sexual pleasure.

★ Self bondage in BDSM is the practice of tying oneself up just for fun or for sexual pleasure.

★ The term bondage is also used figuratively in religion, to mean spiritual attachment, such as to the physical world, or an evil compelling force, such as original sin.

★ A bondmaid is a woman servant.

★ A bondman, or bondsman, is a man servant.

★ The term "bondsman" is also used in the sense of bail bondsman, a person who provides bonds or surety for another.
Works with titles referring to bondage include:

★ ''Bondage'', a 1933 film

★ ''Bondage'', a 1991 play by David Henry Hwang

★ ''My Bondage and My Freedom'', an autobiographical book by Frederick Douglass

★ ''Bondage'', also know as ''The Bondage'', a 2006 play by Eric Allen Bell

★ ''Bondage (aka Bondage Cabaret)'' A Controversial Goth Rock Industrial Band from Canada called BONDAGE. Also Known as the "Bondage Cabaret".

See also

★ Atlantic slave trade

★ Bond (a disambiguation page)

★ Bondage in Pakistan

★ Freeborn