enchainment
Linked in sequence
Enchainment is the act of binding with chains, or the state of being so bound.
The word appears mainly in literary or historical contexts describing imprisonment or slavery.
Figuratively, enchainment suggests any condition of bondage or captivity: the enchainment of the mind to rigid doctrine.
In ballet, enchaînement (from the French) refers to a sequence of steps linked together.
Involuntary subjugation to another
- slaveryOwnership of people
- fetteringRestraining with bonds
- imprisonmentLegal detention in jail
- confinementState of being restricted
subjugation · restraint · manacles · servitude · oppression · thralldom · subjection · enslavement
A joining or relation
- linkingForming a connection
- concatenationJoining items end-to-end
- sequenceOrdered succession of elements
- seriesOrdered set of related items
bond · coupling · interlinking · succession · continuity · joining · attachment · fastening
Ordered succession of elements
- stepsSequential actions in process
- combinationJoining of multiple elements
- linkingForming a connection
- phraseWords forming partial meaning
movement · flow · transition · connected · continuity · routine · progression · fluidity
Repeated opening words
- repetitionAct of redoing
- linkingForming a connection
- figureOutline or numeral
- parallelismMatching structural elements
device · continuation · echo · recursion · climax · connection · stylistic · oratory
bondage
Involuntary subjugation to another
- slaveryOwnership of people
- fetteringRestraining with bonds
- imprisonmentLegal detention in jail
confinement · subjugation · restraint · manacles · servitude · oppression · thralldom · subjection · enslavement · captive
connection
A joining or relation
- linkingForming a connection
- concatenationJoining items end-to-end
- sequenceOrdered succession of elements
series · bond · coupling · interlinking · succession · continuity · joining · attachment · fastening · binding
sequence
Ordered succession of elements
- stepsSequential actions in process
- combinationJoining of multiple elements
- linkingForming a connection
phrase · movement · flow · transition · connected · continuity · routine · progression · fluidity · choreographic
anaphora
Repeated opening words
- repetitionAct of redoing
- linkingForming a connection
- figureOutline or numeral
parallelism · device · continuation · echo · recursion · climax · connection · stylistic · oratory · progression
enchainmentliberation
Release from constraint
freedom · release · emancipation · unchaining · unfettering
enchainmentliberty
Absence of unjust constraint
liberation · freedom · emancipation · autonomy · independence
chain, chains, chained, unchain, unchained, chaining, enchain, unchaining, enchained