bondage

 
Pronunciation: /ˈbɒndɪdʒ/

noun

[mass noun]
  • 1the state of being a slave: the deliverance of the Israelites from Egypt’s bondage figurative the bondage of drug addiction
  • 2sexual practice that involves the tying up or restraining of one partner.

Origin:

Middle English: from Anglo-Latin bondagium, from Middle English bond 'serf' (earlier 'peasant, householder'), from Old Norse bóndi 'tiller of the soil', based on búa 'dwell'; influenced in sense by bond