slavery

IPA: sɫˈeɪvɝi

noun

  • An institution or social practice of owning human beings as property, especially for use as forced laborers.
  • Forced labor in general, regardless of legality.
  • A condition of servitude endured by a slave.
  • (figuratively) A condition in which one is captivated or subjugated, as by greed or drugs.

adjective

  • Covered in slaver; slobbery.
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Examples of "slavery" in Sentences

  • Slavery is illegal.
  • Slavery is invidious and wrong.
  • The slavery was permitted by the Bible.
  • The main trade of the pirates was slavery.
  • Chattel slavery was permitted by the Bible.
  • It was a toilsome slavery under the Spaniards.
  • But the pursuit of wealth is the way to slavery.
  • The Church of England was implicated in slavery.
  • Abolitionism is the movement to end human slavery.
  • Freedom for them, servitude and slavery for the rest.

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