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   bondage

   /ˈbɒndɪdʒ/

   noun

   • 1. the state of being a slave: "the deliverance of the Israelites from Egypt's bondage"
   • 2. sexual practice that involves the tying up or restraining of one partner.

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

   Scrabble Points: 11

   • B

     3

   • O

     1

   • N

     1

   • D

     2

   • A

     1

   • G

     2

   • E

     1

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