the condition of a slave; bondage.

the keeping of slaves as a practice or institution.

a state of subjection like that of a slave

He was kept in slavery by drugs.

severe toil; drudgery.

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mastery

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bondage , bullwork , captivity , chains* constraint , drudge , drudgery , enslavement , enthrallment , feudalism , grind , helotry , indenture , labor , menial labor , moil , peonage , restraint , serfdom , serfhood , servitude , subjection , subjugation , thrall , thralldom , toil , vassalage , work , servileness , servility , villeinage , yoke , bond service , helotism , inthrallment