slavery
21slavery — slav•er•y [[t]ˈsleɪ və ri, ˈsleɪv ri[/t]] n. 1) the condition of a slave; bondage 2) the keeping of slaves as a practice or institution 3) a state of subjection like that of a slave 4) severe toil; drudgery • Etymology: 1545–55 syn: slavery,… …
22slavery — slav|e|ry [ˈsleıvəri] n [U] 1.) the system of having slaves ▪ attempts to abolish slavery (=officially end it) 2.) the state of being a slave sell sb into slavery (=sell someone as a slave) …
23slavery — slav|er|y [ sleıv(ə)ri ] noun uncount 1. ) the system of owning people as SLAVES: Ancient civilizations were based on slavery. 2. ) the condition of being a SLAVE, or having to work for another person: women who were forced into sexual slavery …
24slavery — [[t]sle͟ɪvəri[/t]] N UNCOUNT Slavery is the system by which people are owned by other people as slaves. My people have survived 400 years of slavery …
25Slavery — For most of the nineteenth century a commerce in human misery was in steady decline among the imperial powers. The Atlantic slave trade during the sixteenth century was initially established by Spain and Portugal for the transport of enslaved… …
26slavery — noun (U) 1 the system of having slaves: the abolition of slavery 2 the condition of being a slave: sell sb into slavery (=to sell someone as a slave) …
27slavery — noun 1) thousands were sold into slavery Syn: bondage, enslavement, servitude, thralldom, thrall, serfdom, vassalage Ant: freedom 2) this work is sheer slavery Syn …
28slavery — pro·slavery; slavery; …
29slavery — UK [ˈsleɪvərɪ] / US [ˈsleɪv(ə)rɪ] noun [uncountable] 1) the system of owning people as slaves Ancient civilizations were based on slavery. 2) the condition of being a slave, or of having to work for another person women who were forced into… …
30slavery — noun a) An institution or social practice of owning human beings as property, especially for use as forced laborers. Man seeks for gold in mines that he may weave / A lasting chain for his own slavery. b) A condition of servitude endured by a …
