bond·age
 bondage
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- pronunciation:
- ban
d
j
- features:
- Word Parts
| part of speech: |
noun |
| definition: |
the condition of being forced to serve another; slavery.
After many years of bondage, the slaves were freed.- synonyms:
- slavery
- antonyms:
- liberty
- similar words:
- serfdom
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The word bondage
contains the following part:
-age
Latin
noun-forming suffix
that means
act, process, or result of (the action indicated by the verb base)
More about this word part:
The suffix -age
attaches primarily to bases that are English verbs to form nouns. Base-final y becomes i and base-final silent e is dropped before -age
(carry + -age
> carriage
, store + -age
> storage
) Some nouns ending in -age
are loan words from French (voyage
, courage
) whose bases are Latin roots.
Example words:
advantage,
bondage,
carriage,
courage,
drainage,
hostage,
marriage,
package,
passage,
postage,
shortage,
storage,
voyage