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noun
- The institution or social practice of owning human beings as property, especially for use as forced laborers.
- The condition of servitude endured by a slave.
- (figurative) A condition in which one is captivated or subjugated, as by greed or drugs.
- 1818, w:Percy_Bysshe_Shelley, Percy Bysshe Shelley,"The Revolt of Islam", canto 8, stanza 16,
- :Man seeks for gold in mines that he may weave
- :A lasting chain for his own .
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