1. (

• bondage ,

) 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. (

• bondage ,
• slavery ,
• thrall ,
• thralldom ,
• thraldom

) the state of being under the control of another person ;

3. (

• bondage

) sexual practice that involves physically restraining (by cords or handcuffs) one of the partners ;