Word Finder - bondage

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The state of being enslaved or the practice of slavery.

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In Judeo-Christian tradition, the Israelites fled bondage at the hands of the Egyptians, only to wander in the wilderness for the next four decades.

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(by extension) The state of lacking freedom; constraint.

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He lived in financial bondage to his cocaine habit; no matter how much he earned, it all seemed to disappear up his nose.

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The practice of tying people up for sexual pleasure.

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Their marriage broke up when she discovered he had been engaging in bondage games with a local dominatrix while he was supposedly working out at the gym.

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Applied to clothing with many buckles, zips, etc., associated with punk and goth subcultures.

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bondage trousers; bondage jeans; bondage pants

His bondage lasted for six years.

Burke declined to sell himself into final bondage of this kind.

The practical end, freedom from the bondage of things with the peace it brings, is all in all, and even scientific inquiry is only in place as a means to this end.

There's a sense in which I still have a certain bondage.

In terms of eternity, spiritual bondage is far worse than any political bondage.

Thackeray, Relation of St Paul to contemporary Jewish Thought (London, 1900), pp. 196 sqq.; Hagar typifies the old Sinaitic covenant, and Sarah represents the new covenant of freedom from bondage.

Finally, Anastasia is firmly attached to the rotating bondage rack, where she is given the violet wand treatment of her life.

Still the humanists effected a delivery of the intellect from what had become the bondage of obsolete ideas, and created a new medium for the speculative faculty.

But many of the laws were quite unsuitable for the circumstances of his age, and the belief that a body of intricate and even contradictory legislation was imposed suddenly upon a people newly emerged from bondage in Egypt raises insurmountable objections, and underestimates the fact that legal usage existed in the earliest stages of society, and therefore in pre-Mosaic times.

But while the province in many parts presents a landscape of luxuriant beauty, it is a prey to the ravages of disease, principally malarial fevers due to the extensive swamps formed by waters stagnating in the forests, and to the frequent incursions of the Goklan and Yomut Turkomans, who have their camping-grounds in the northern part of the province, and until about 1890 plundered caravans sometimes at the very gates of Astarabad city, and carried people off into slavery and bondage.

In Deuteronomy the command is based on the duty of humanity to servants and the memory of Egyptian bondage.

Soft webbing bondage set with wrist and ankle cuffs plus long webbing tie straps.

It is no more a yoke of bondage to me than it is a yoke of bondage to me than it is a yoke of bondage to him.

A good leather bra harness is an important part of a woman's bondage get-up.

The priests of Amane at Meroe and Napata, in fact, regulated through his oracle the whole government of the country, choosing the king, directing his military expeditions (and even compelling him to commit suicide, according to Diodorus) until in the 3rd century B.C. Arkamane (Ergamenes) broke through the bondage and slew the priests.

The story begins as the former Emperor of the oddly named Uricointi Empire decides to release the four immortal heroes -- the Warrior, Elf, Valkyrie and Wizard -- from their bondage.

Other types of erotic comics followed with themes with popular cartoon characters, S&M and bondage, fetishes and other types of sexual activities.

There are also links to other communities, including a dating site for people who enjoy sadomasochism and bondage.

Now, sites like Alt.com invite personal ads from people who are interested in bondage, sadomasochism, and many other choices.

In bondage, for example, a safe word allows both partners an out if things go too far or comfort zones are violated.

Women are also more likely to fantasize about things they've heard about, but never tried including ménage, group sexual experiences, voyeurism and bondage.

Retro lingerie can be great fun in a fantasy and some 1950s corsets lend themselves to a bondage scenario very well.

Like much of the gear used for bondage, the leather harness bra saw its origins several hundred years ago.

Although it goes against bondage philosophy, you might wear pasties to protect yourself.

The leather harness bra usually features metal O-rings for attaching long chains for further bondage or discipline.

There are many websites that sell bondage gear, including the harness sets.

Locked corsets are a popular bondage device.

Adding a lock is an alternative to the traditional bondage corset.

Typical bondage corsets extend to right above the knees and are designed to restrict the wearer's movements.

There is also something included for people who enjoy bondage, same sex romance, as well as those who enjoy light romance, and all the stories remain true to the vampire topic while interpreting the way vampirism works different.

Another interesting fact, according to European folklore, is that both pixies and fairies consider clothing a form of bondage.

In Sicily they were welcomed by the Christians as deliverers from infidel bondage.

There was free scope given for the indulgence of that political imagination which revels in revolution and chafes at prescriptive bondage.

Naturally of a combative temperament, and endowed with a persevering tenacity rare among his countrymen, he struggled for what he considered the liberation of his country from the economic bondage of foreign nations.

After several half-hearted attempts directed in the course of Nicholas I.'s reign to face the question while safeguarding at the same time the rights and privileges of the old aristocracy, the moral collapse of the ancien regime during the Crimean war brought about the Emancipation Act of the 19th of February 1861, by which some 15 millions of serfs were freed from bondage.

The financial provisions of the bill were objected to by the Nationalists as tending to keep Ireland in bondage.

It was in vain that the emperors tried to rivet the chains of the curia in this hereditary bondage, by attaching the small proprietor to his glebe, like the artisan to his gild and the soldier to his legion.

The serf, who was also a soldier, revolted against bondage.

While Christ's First Advent delivered believers from Satan's bondage, his overthrow would be completed only by the Second Advent.

It is about breaking the bondage of tunnel vision.

For thirteen long years Joseph knew what bitter bondage meant.

The Hebrews ' lives were made bitter with their hard bondage.

Richie fits 100 percent and you can feel the strong bondage and the vibes between all group members.

The Eucharist, then, is a remembrance of God's deliverance of His people from the greater bondage of sin.

Next, she possesses all the traditional skills from rope bondage to cunning delivery of CP.

And ecclesiastical supremacy was the bondage from which those brave and noble men delivered us.

Pull down your houses and go into bondage!

But I recoiled from the idea of this bondage.

It is no more a yoke of bondage to me than it is a yoke of bondage to him.

The plaid pants are also referred to as bondage pants, and are available in a number of styles and colors.