Sekirov Dictionary

slavery

/ˈsleɪvəɹi/

noun 4
/ˈslævəɹi/ adjective 1
forms 3

noun4

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An institution or social practice of owning human beings as property, especially for use as forced laborers.
- Slavery was abolished in the nineteenth century.
- The film portrays the brutality of slavery.
Forced labor in general, regardless of legality.
•
A condition of servitude endured by a slave.
- If you wil willingly remaine with me, You shall haue honors, as your merits be: Or els you shal be forc’d with slauerie. — 1587
•
(figurative) A condition in which one is captivated or subjugated, as by greed or drugs.
- Man seeks for gold in mines that he may weave / A lasting chain for his own slavery. — 1818

slavery

/ˈslævəɹi/

adjective1

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Covered in slaver; slobbery.
- The giant snow bear, the wolf with slavery jaws or the claws of the silent great cats were all a part. Creatures of man's oldest nightmares were the other side of that face. — 2014

forms

slaveries · more slavery · most slavery

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