All slavery synonyms

noun slavery

• gruntwork — Alternative spelling of grunt work.
• captivity — Captivity is the state of being kept imprisoned or enclosed.
• durance — incarceration or imprisonment (often used in the phrase durance vile).
• feudalism — the feudal system, or its principles and practices.
• internment — an act or instance of interning.
• helotry — serfdom; slavery.
• backbreaker — a wrestling hold in which a wrestler uses his knee or shoulder as a fulcrum to bend his opponent's body backwards
• bondage — Bondage is the condition of being someone's property and having to work for them.
• moil — to work hard; drudge.
• gulag — the system of forced-labor camps in the Soviet Union.
• labor camp — Also called slave labor camp. a penal colony where inmates are forced to work.
• drudgery — menial, distasteful, dull, or hard work.
• corvee — day's unpaid labour owed by a feudal vassal to his lord
• committal — Committal is the process of officially sending someone to a prison or to hospital.
• enslavement — The action of making someone a slave; subjugation.
• impoundment — a body of water confined within an enclosure, as a reservoir.
• ligament — Anatomy, Zoology. a band of tissue, usually white and fibrous, serving to connect bones, hold organs in place, etc.
• yoke — a device for joining together a pair of draft animals, especially oxen, usually consisting of a crosspiece with two bow-shaped pieces, each enclosing the head of an animal. Compare harness (def 1).