SAT vocabulary
Bondage
A state of servitude, captivity, or personal subjugation to another person or institution.
Example
"Abolitionists worked tirelessly to dismantle the economic systems that kept millions in hereditary bondage."
Etymology
From Middle English bondage, from Anglo-Latin bondagium, from bonde (serf, tenant farmer), from Old Norse bóndi.
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