Bŏnd’age, n.
n. [L. Lat. bondagium. See BOND.] 1. The state of being bound, or under restraint; restraint of personal liberty by compulsion; involuntary servitude; slavery; captivity.
The king, when he designed you for my guard, Resolved he would not make my bondage hard. Dryden.
Sense 2. Binding power or influence; obligation; tie of duty.
He must resolve not to be brought under the bondage of observing oaths. South.
Sense 3. (Old Eng. Law.) Villenage; tenure of land on condition of doing the meanest services for the owner.
Synonyms—Thrall-dom; captivity; bond-service; imprisonment.