bondage
    n 1: the state of being under the control of a force or
         influence or abstract power; "he was in bondage to fear:;
         "he sought release from his bondage to Satan"; "a self
         freed from the bondage of time"
    2: the state of being under the control of another person [syn:
       bondage, slavery, thrall, thralldom, thraldom]
    3: sexual practice that involves physically restraining (by
       cords or handcuffs) one of the partners

Bondage \Bond"age\ (-[asl]j), n. [LL. bondagium. See Bond, a.]
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   1. The state of being bound; condition of being under
      restraint; restraint of personal liberty by compulsion;
      involuntary servitude; slavery; captivity.
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            The King, when he designed you for my guard,
            Resolved he would not make my bondage hard.
                                                  --Dryden.
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   2. Obligation; tie of duty.
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            He must resolve by no means to be . . . brought
            under the bondage of observing oaths. --South.
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   3. (Old Eng. Law) Villenage; tenure of land on condition of
      doing the meanest services for the owner.
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   Syn: Thralldom; bond service; imprisonment.
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Bondage
   of Israel in Egypt (Ex. 2:23, 25; 5), which is called the "house
   of bondage" (13:3; 20:2). This word is used also with reference
   to the captivity in Babylon (Isa. 14:3), and the oppression of
   the Persian king (Ezra 9:8, 9).