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1. Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
absolutism, bond service, bondage, captivity, control, debt slavery, deprivation of freedom, disenfranchisement, disfranchisement, domination, enslavement, enthrallment, feudalism, feudality, helotism, helotry, indentureship, peonage, restraint, serfdom, serfhood, servility, servitude, slavery, subjection, subjugation, thrall, thralldom, tyranny, villenage
Dictionary Results for vassalage:
1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006)
vassalage
    n 1: the state of a serf [syn: serfdom, serfhood,
         vassalage]

2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Vassalage \Vas"sal*age\, n. [OE. vassalage, F. vasselage, LL.
   vassallaticum.]
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   1. The state of being a vassal, or feudatory.
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   2. Political servitude; dependence; subjection; slavery; as,
      the Greeks were held in vassalage by the Turks.
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   3. A territory held in vassalage. "The Countship of Foix,
      with six territorial vassalages." --Milman.
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   4. Vassals, collectively; vassalry. [R.] --Shak.
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   5. Valorous service, such as that performed by a vassal;
      valor; prowess; courage. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
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