Meaning & use
thraldom
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The state of being enslaved or held in bondage; servitude.
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The novel traced the character's escape from years of thraldom on the plantation.
The poet described his addiction as a kind of thraldom he could not shake.
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Derived from the Old Norse word for slave, "thrall"; the term now survives mainly in literary or historical writing, often used figuratively for any oppressive dependency.
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bondageservitudeenslavement
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