Noun: slavery sley-vu-ree
- The state of being under the control of another person
"The workers lived in slavery to the factory owners";
- bondage, thrall, thralldom, thraldom
- The practice of owning slaves
"slavery was abolished in the United States after the Civil War";
- slaveholding
- Work done under harsh conditions for little or no pay
"The factory workers endured conditions akin to slavery"
Derived forms: slaveries
Type of: labor [US], labour [Brit, Cdn], pattern, practice, subjection, subjugation, toil
Encyclopedia: Slavery, Ethical Aspect of