Word Explorer

Enslavement

The act of enslaving or the state of being a slave; bondage

📖 Definitions of "Enslavement"

noun

1
The act of enslaving or the state of being a slave; bondage

🔄 Synonyms of "Enslavement"

2 synonyms found via WordNet and Google Books.

Word	Definition
captivitynoun	The state of being captive.
enslavingnoun	An enslavement.

💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Enslavement"

Found via reverse dictionary — words that share a conceptual meaning.

Word	Definition
captivitynoun	The state of being captive.
bondagenoun	The state of being enslaved or the practice of slavery.
slaverynoun	An institution or social practice of owning human beings as property, especially for use as forced laborers.
slavenoun	A person who is held in servitude as the property of another person, and whose labor (and often also whose body and life) is subject to the owner's volition and control.
serfdomnoun	The feudal system that includes serfs.
servitudenoun	The state of being a slave; slavery; being forced to work for others or do their bidding without one's consent or against one's will, either in perpetuity or for a period of time over which one has little or no control.
servilenoun	A slave; a menial.
subserviencenoun	The state of being subservient.
subjugationnoun	The state of being subjugated; forced control by others.
easementnoun	(law, property law) An interest in land which grants the legal right to use another person's real property (real estate), generally in order to cross a part of the property or to gain access to something on the property (right of way).
slavingnoun	Enslavement.
enserfmentnoun	The act or process of enserfing; enslavement.
reenslavementnoun	The act of reenslaving.
emancipationnoun	The state of being thus set free; liberation (used, for example, of slaves from bondage, of a person from prejudices, of the mind from superstition, of a nation from tyranny or subjugation).
enclavementnoun	The state of being an enclave, or the act of making an enclave.
astrictionnoun	The act of binding; restriction; obligation.
liberationnoun	The act of liberating or the state of being liberated.
enfranchisementnoun	The act of enfranchising
affranchisementnoun	The act of freeing; enfranchisement; emancipation.
abolitionnoun	(historical, often capitalised, UK, US) The ending of the slave trade or of slavery.