Synonyms for enslavement
en·slave·ment

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1. enslavement, captivitynoun

   the state of being a slave

   "So every bondman in his own hand bears the power to cancel his captivity"--Shakespeare

   Synonyms:
   incarceration, captivity, immurement, imprisonment

2. enslavementnoun

   the act of making slaves of your captives

   Synonyms:
   captivity

Matched Categories

1. • Capture
   • Subjugation

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1. enslavementnoun

   Synonyms:
   enthrallment, subjugation, subjection, bondage, slavery

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1. List of paraphrases for "enslavement":

   slavery, servitude, subjugation, subservience, bondage, servile

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How to use enslavement in a sentence?

1. Albert Camus, Resistance, Rebellion and Death (1960):

   A free press can of course be good or bad, but, most certainly, without freedom it will never be anything but bad. . . . Freedom is nothing else but a chance to bet better, whereas enslavement is a certainty of the worse.

2. Jennifer Kempton:

   It very much so is a psychological form of bondage, it ties you to those memories and it ties you to those feelings that you felt when you got that and to be able to be free of enslavement and then to make an active choice of, 'This is what I want on my body, not this man's name or this gang's symbol, I want my daughter's name, I want a beautiful flower, I want a religious scripture, I want a butterfly to show that I have wings, and I can fly.'.

3. Mark Lattimer:

   Islamic State have sold Yazidi slaves to families in Mosul, which wasn't hidden or kept secret, enslavement has become an accepted fact of life in areas under (Islamic State) control.

4. Bernard Iddings Bell:

   To love is not a passive thing. To love is active voice. When I love I do something, I function, I give. I do not love in order that I may be loved back again, but for the creative joy of loving. And every time I do so love I am freed, at least a little, by the outgoing of love, from enslavement to that most intolerable of master, myself.

5. Pope Francis:

   All of us are called (by God) to be free, all are called to be sons and daughters, and each, according to his or her own responsibilities, is called to combat modern forms of enslavement. From every people, culture and religion, let us join our forces.