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bondages

bondages is the plural of bondage.

Meaning of bondage

Noun

bondage (countable and uncountable, plural bondages)

  1. The state of being enslaved or the practice of slavery.
    • debt bondage
    Antonyms:
    freedom
  2. (broadly) The state of lacking freedom; constraint.
    • He lived in financial bondage to his cocaine habit; no matter how much he earned, it all seemed to disappear up his nose.
    Antonyms:
    freedom
  3. The practice of physically restraining people for sexual pleasure, such as by tying up or shackling.
    • Their marriage broke up when she discovered he had been engaging in bondage games with a local dominatrix while he was supposedly working out at the gym.
  4. (attributive) Applied to clothing with many buckles, zips, etc., associated with punk and goth subcultures.
    • bondage trousers; bondage jeans; bondage pants

Phrases with bondages

Questions about bondages

What is bondages the plural of?
Bondages is the plural of bondage.

Words near bondages in the dictionary

  1. bondage
  2. bondage suit
  3. bondage suits
  4. bondager
  5. bondagers
  6. bondages
  7. bondagewear
  8. bondar
  9. Bondarchuk
  10. Bondarchuks
  11. Bondarczuk

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