slavery

English Thesaurus

1. the practice of owning slaves (noun.act)

hypernym	:	pattern, practice,
definition	:	a customary way of operation or behavior (noun.act)

2. work done under harsh conditions for little or no pay (noun.act)

hypernym	:	labor, labour, toil,
definition	:	productive work (especially physical work done for wages) (noun.act)

3. the state of being under the control of another person (noun.state)

hypernym	:	subjection, subjugation,
definition	:	forced submission to control by others (noun.state)

hyponym	:	bonded labor,
definition	:	a practice in which employers give high-interest loans to workers whose entire families then labor at low wages to pay off the debt; the practice is illegal in the United States (noun.state)

hyponym	:	servitude,
definition	:	state of subjection to an owner or master or forced labor imposed as punishment (noun.state)

hyponym	:	serfdom, serfhood, vassalage,
definition	:	the state of a serf (noun.state)

4. work done under harsh conditions for little or no pay (noun.act)

derivation	:	break one's back, buckle down, knuckle down, slave,
definition	:	work very hard, like a slave (verb.social)

5. the state of being under the control of another person (noun.state)

derivation	:	bondage, slavery, thraldom, thrall, thralldom,
definition	:	the state of being under the control of another person (noun.state)

6. work done under harsh conditions for little or no pay (noun.act)

derivation	:	break one's back, buckle down, knuckle down, slave,
definition	:	work very hard, like a slave (verb.social)

7. the state of being under the control of another person (noun.state)

derivation	:	bondage, slavery, thraldom, thrall, thralldom,
definition	:	the state of being under the control of another person (noun.state)