ENSLAVEMENT

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does enslavement mean? 

• ENSLAVEMENT (noun)
  The noun ENSLAVEMENT has 2 senses:

1. the state of being a slave

2. the act of making slaves of your captives

  Familiarity information: ENSLAVEMENT used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• ENSLAVEMENT (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The state of being a slave

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Synonyms:

captivity; enslavement

Context example:

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

Hypernyms ("enslavement" is a kind of...):

subjection; subjugation (forced submission to control by others)

Sense 2

Meaning:

The act of making slaves of your captives

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Hypernyms ("enslavement" is a kind of...):

capture; gaining control; seizure (the act of forcibly dispossessing an owner of property)

Derivation:

enslave (make a slave of; bring into servitude)