bondages

States of servitude

Bondages is the plural of bondage, referring to multiple instances or types of physical restraint or subjugation.

The word appears in discussions of historical slaveries and captivities the various bondages endured by colonial subjects or in BDSM contexts describing different restraint practices exploring new bondages with rope and leather.

oppression

slavery

Ownership of people

subjugation · chains · shackles · imprisonment · domination · oppression · subjection · yoke · thralldom · serfdom

psychological

addiction

Compulsive substance reliance

obsession · habit · fixation · enslavement · craving · codependency · entrapment · control · toxic · unhealthy

BDSM

restraints

Things that hold back

  • ropesBraided flexible cords
  • cuffsSleeve or wrist bands
  • tiesConnections or neckwear

suspension · consent · dominance · submission · knots · harness · spreader bar · hogtie · binding · leather

spiritual

sin

Violation of divine law

  • karmaSpiritual cause and effect
  • mayaPhenomenal world's deceptive nature
  • samsaraCycle of rebirth

liberation · moksha · deliverance · redemption · worldly · attachment · enlightenment · suffering · ignorance · ego

Opposites
personal liberty

bondagesfreedoms

Rights to act unhindered

emancipation · liberation · liberty · independence · autonomy

power relations

bondagessovereignty

Supreme independent authority

mastery · dominion · supremacy · self-rule · empowerment

psychological state

bondagesliberation

Release from constraint

release · detachment · unburdening · serenity · freedom

Phrases
Family

bondage

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