Slavery

//ˈsleɪvəɹi//

Synonyms for "slavery" (84 found)

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Closest matches (17)

Noun(1 words)
bondage

Strong matches (25)

Related words (42)

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7 entries

Antonyms

2 entries

Synonyms

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Related terms

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derived from

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19 entries

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Translations

187 translations across 88 languages.

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Albanian

1 entries
  • skllavëri noun (institution or practice of owning human beings)

Ancient Greek

2 entries
  • δουλεία noun (institution or practice of owning human beings)
  • ἀνδραποδωδία noun (condition of servitude endured by a slave)

Arabic

2 entries
  • رِقّ noun (institution or practice of owning human beings)
  • عُبُودِيَّة noun (institution or practice of owning human beings)

Armenian

4 entries
  • ստրկատիրություն noun (institution or practice of owning human beings)
  • ստրկություն noun (institution or practice of owning human beings)
  • ստրկություն noun (condition of servitude endured by a slave)
  • ստրկություն noun (condition in which one is captivated or subjugated)

Asturian

1 entries
  • esclavitú noun (institution or practice of owning human beings)

Azerbaijani

2 entries
  • quldarlıq noun (institution or practice of owning human beings)
  • əsarət noun (condition in which one is captivated or subjugated)

Belarusian

2 entries
  • ра́бства noun (institution or practice of owning human beings)
  • ра́бства noun (condition of servitude endured by a slave)

Bengali

3 entries
  • দাসত্ব noun (institution or practice of owning human beings)
  • দাসত্ব noun (condition of servitude endured by a slave)
  • দাসত্ব noun (condition in which one is captivated or subjugated)

Bulgarian

2 entries
  • ро́бство noun (institution or practice of owning human beings)
  • ро́бство noun (condition of servitude endured by a slave)

Catalan

4 entries
  • esclavatge noun (institution or practice of owning human beings)
  • esclavatge noun (condition of servitude endured by a slave)
  • esclavitud noun (institution or practice of owning human beings)
  • esclavitud noun (condition in which one is captivated or subjugated)

Central Kurdish

1 entries
  • بەندەگی noun (condition of servitude endured by a slave)

Chinese Mandarin

1 entries
  • 奴隸制度 /奴隶制度 noun (institution or practice of owning human beings)

Czech

3 entries
  • otroctví noun (condition of servitude endured by a slave)
  • otroctví noun (condition in which one is captivated or subjugated)
  • otrokářství noun (institution or practice of owning human beings)

Danish

3 entries
  • slaveri noun (institution or practice of owning human beings)
  • slaveri noun (condition of servitude endured by a slave)
  • slaveri noun (condition in which one is captivated or subjugated)

Dinka

1 entries
  • ɣɔɔc de kɔc noun (institution or practice of owning human beings)

Dutch

2 entries
  • slavernij noun (institution or practice of owning human beings)
  • slavernij noun (condition of servitude endured by a slave)

Esperanto

2 entries
  • sklaveco noun (institution or practice of owning human beings)
  • sklaveco noun (condition of servitude endured by a slave)

Estonian

4 entries
  • orjandus noun (institution or practice of owning human beings)
  • orjapidamine noun (institution or practice of owning human beings)
  • orjus noun (institution or practice of owning human beings)
  • orjus noun (condition of servitude endured by a slave)

Faroese

1 entries
  • trældómur noun (institution or practice of owning human beings)

Finnish

3 entries
  • orjuus noun (institution or practice of owning human beings)
  • orjuus noun (condition of servitude endured by a slave)
  • orjuus noun (condition in which one is captivated or subjugated)

French

3 entries
  • esclavage noun (institution or practice of owning human beings)
  • esclavage noun (condition of servitude endured by a slave)
  • esclavage noun (condition in which one is captivated or subjugated)

Galician

1 entries
  • escravitude noun (institution or practice of owning human beings)

Georgian

3 entries
  • მონათმფლობელობა noun (institution or practice of owning human beings)
  • მონობა noun (condition of servitude endured by a slave)
  • მონობა noun (condition in which one is captivated or subjugated)

German

3 entries
  • Sklaverei noun (institution or practice of owning human beings)
  • Sklaverei noun (condition of servitude endured by a slave)
  • Sklaverei noun (condition in which one is captivated or subjugated)

Gothic

1 entries
  • 𐍃𐌺𐌰𐌻𐌺𐌹𐌽𐌰𐍃𐍃𐌿𐍃 noun (institution or practice of owning human beings)

Greek

3 entries
  • δουλεία noun (institution or practice of owning human beings)
  • δουλεία noun (condition of servitude endured by a slave)
  • δουλεία noun (condition in which one is captivated or subjugated)

Haitian Creole

2 entries
  • esklavaj noun (institution or practice of owning human beings)
  • esklavaj noun (condition of servitude endured by a slave)

Hebrew

1 entries
  • עַבדוּת noun (institution or practice of owning human beings)

Hindi

3 entries
  • ग़ुलामी noun (institution or practice of owning human beings)
  • दासप्रथा noun (institution or practice of owning human beings)
  • बंदगी noun (institution or practice of owning human beings)

Hungarian

1 entries
  • rabszolgaság noun (institution or practice of owning human beings)

Icelandic

2 entries
  • þrælahald noun (institution or practice of owning human beings)
  • þrælahald noun (condition of servitude endured by a slave)

Ingrian

3 entries
  • orjus noun (institution or practice of owning human beings)
  • orjus noun (condition of servitude endured by a slave)
  • orjus noun (condition in which one is captivated or subjugated)

Irish

1 entries
  • sclábhaíocht noun (condition of servitude endured by a slave)

Italian

2 entries
  • schiavismo noun (institution or practice of owning human beings)
  • schiavitù noun (condition of servitude endured by a slave)

Japanese

1 entries
  • 奴隷制度 noun (institution or practice of owning human beings)

Kannada

1 entries
  • ಗುಲಾಮಗಿರಿ noun (condition of servitude endured by a slave)

Kazakh

1 entries
  • құлдық noun (institution or practice of owning human beings)

Korean

2 entries
  • 노례 제도 noun (institution or practice of owning human beings)
  • 노예 제도 noun (institution or practice of owning human beings)

Kyrgyz

1 entries
  • кулчулук noun (institution or practice of owning human beings)

Lao

1 entries
  • ລະບອບຂ້າທາດ noun (institution or practice of owning human beings)

Latin

3 entries
  • servitium noun (condition of servitude endured by a slave)
  • servitus noun (condition of servitude endured by a slave)
  • servitūdō noun (institution or practice of owning human beings)

Latvian

3 entries
  • verdzība noun (institution or practice of owning human beings)
  • verdzība noun (condition of servitude endured by a slave)
  • verdzība noun (condition in which one is captivated or subjugated)

Lithuanian

1 entries
  • vergovė noun (institution or practice of owning human beings)

Macedonian

1 entries
  • ропство noun (institution or practice of owning human beings)

Malay

1 entries
  • perhambaan noun (institution or practice of owning human beings)

Malayalam

1 entries
  • അടിമത്തം noun (condition of servitude endured by a slave)

Middle English

3 entries
  • thraldom noun (institution or practice of owning human beings)
  • thraldom noun (condition of servitude endured by a slave)
  • thraldom noun (condition in which one is captivated or subjugated)

Mongolian

1 entries
  • боолчлол noun (institution or practice of owning human beings)

Māori

1 entries
  • ponongatanga noun (condition of servitude endured by a slave)

Northern Kurdish

1 entries
  • xulamî noun (institution or practice of owning human beings)

Norwegian Bokmål

1 entries
  • slaveri noun (institution or practice of owning human beings)

Old English

3 entries
  • þēowet noun (institution or practice of owning human beings)
  • þēowet noun (condition of servitude endured by a slave)
  • þēowet noun (condition in which one is captivated or subjugated)

Oromo

1 entries
  • garbummaa noun (institution or practice of owning human beings)

Ottoman Turkish

3 entries
  • اسیرلك noun (institution or practice of owning human beings)
  • اسیرلك noun (condition of servitude endured by a slave)
  • اسیرلك noun (condition in which one is captivated or subjugated)

Pashto

3 entries
  • بردګي noun (institution or practice of owning human beings)
  • بندګي noun (institution or practice of owning human beings)
  • غلامي noun (institution or practice of owning human beings)

Persian

4 entries
  • بردهداری noun (institution or practice of owning human beings)
  • بردگی noun (institution or practice of owning human beings)
  • غلامداری noun (institution or practice of owning human beings)
  • غلامی noun (institution or practice of owning human beings)

Plautdietsch

1 entries
  • Sklowarie noun (institution or practice of owning human beings)

Polish

3 entries
  • niewola noun (condition of servitude endured by a slave)
  • niewola noun (condition in which one is captivated or subjugated)
  • niewolnictwo noun (institution or practice of owning human beings)

Portuguese

4 entries
  • escravatura noun (institution or practice of owning human beings)
  • escravidão noun (institution or practice of owning human beings)
  • escravidão noun (condition of servitude endured by a slave)
  • escravidão noun (condition in which one is captivated or subjugated)

Punjabi

2 entries
  • ਗ਼ੁਲਾਮੀ noun (condition of servitude endured by a slave)
  • ਦਾਸਤਾ noun (condition of servitude endured by a slave)

Romanian

4 entries
  • robie noun (institution or practice of owning human beings)
  • sclavie noun (institution or practice of owning human beings)
  • sclavie noun (condition of servitude endured by a slave)
  • sclavie noun (condition in which one is captivated or subjugated)

Russian

4 entries
  • нево́ля noun (institution or practice of owning human beings)
  • нево́ля noun (condition in which one is captivated or subjugated)
  • ра́бство noun (institution or practice of owning human beings)
  • ра́бство noun (condition of servitude endured by a slave)

Scottish Gaelic

4 entries
  • tràillealachd noun (institution or practice of owning human beings)
  • tràillealachd noun (condition of servitude endured by a slave)
  • tràillealachd noun (condition in which one is captivated or subjugated)
  • òglachas noun (condition of servitude endured by a slave)

Serbo-Croatian

4 entries
  • ròpstvo noun (institution or practice of owning human beings)
  • ròpstvo noun (condition of servitude endured by a slave)
  • ро̀пство noun (institution or practice of owning human beings)
  • ро̀пство noun (condition of servitude endured by a slave)

Sindhi

1 entries
  • غلامي noun (condition of servitude endured by a slave)

Sinhalese

1 entries
  • වහල්භාවය noun (condition of servitude endured by a slave)

Slovak

2 entries
  • otrokárstvo noun (institution or practice of owning human beings)
  • otrokárstvo noun (condition of servitude endured by a slave)

Slovene

3 entries
  • suženjstvo noun (institution or practice of owning human beings)
  • suženjstvo noun (condition of servitude endured by a slave)
  • suženjstvo noun (condition in which one is captivated or subjugated)

Spanish

3 entries
  • esclavitud noun (institution or practice of owning human beings)
  • esclavitud noun (condition of servitude endured by a slave)
  • esclavitud noun (condition in which one is captivated or subjugated)

Sranan Tongo

3 entries
  • katibo noun (institution or practice of owning human beings)
  • katibo noun (condition of servitude endured by a slave)
  • katibo noun (condition in which one is captivated or subjugated)

Swahili

2 entries
  • utumwa noun (institution or practice of owning human beings)
  • utumwa noun (condition of servitude endured by a slave)

Swedish

3 entries
  • slaveri noun (institution or practice of owning human beings)
  • slaveri noun (condition of servitude endured by a slave)
  • slaveri noun (condition in which one is captivated or subjugated)

Tagalog

3 entries
  • pagkaalipin noun (institution or practice of owning human beings)
  • pagkaalipin noun (condition of servitude endured by a slave)
  • pagkaalipin noun (condition in which one is captivated or subjugated)

Tajik

2 entries
  • ғуломдорӣ noun (institution or practice of owning human beings)
  • ғуломӣ noun (institution or practice of owning human beings)

Tamil

2 entries
  • அடிமை முறை noun (institution or practice of owning human beings)
  • அடிமை முறை noun (condition of servitude endured by a slave)

Tatar

1 entries
  • коллык noun (institution or practice of owning human beings)

Telugu

4 entries
  • దాసితనము noun (institution or practice of owning human beings)
  • దాస్యము noun (institution or practice of owning human beings)
  • బానిసత్వం noun (condition in which one is captivated or subjugated)
  • బానిసత్వము noun (condition of servitude endured by a slave)

Thai

2 entries
  • ความเป็นทาส noun (institution or practice of owning human beings)
  • ความเป็นทาส noun (condition of servitude endured by a slave)

Tibetan

2 entries
  • བཀོལ་གཅོད noun (institution or practice of owning human beings)
  • བཀོལ་སྤྱོད noun (institution or practice of owning human beings)

Tocharian B

2 entries
  • mañiññe noun (institution or practice of owning human beings)
  • mañiññe noun (condition of servitude endured by a slave)

Turkish

1 entries
  • kölelik noun (institution or practice of owning human beings)

Ukrainian

2 entries
  • ра́бство noun (institution or practice of owning human beings)
  • ра́бство noun (condition of servitude endured by a slave)

Urdu

1 entries
  • غلامی noun (institution or practice of owning human beings)

Uyghur

1 entries
  • قۇللۇق noun (institution or practice of owning human beings)

Uzbek

2 entries
  • quldorlik noun (institution or practice of owning human beings)
  • qullik noun (institution or practice of owning human beings)

Vietnamese

1 entries
  • chế độ nô lệ noun (institution or practice of owning human beings)

Volapük

3 entries
  • slaf noun (institution or practice of owning human beings)
  • slaf noun (condition of servitude endured by a slave)
  • slaf noun (condition in which one is captivated or subjugated)

Yiddish

1 entries
  • שקלאַפֿערײַ noun (institution or practice of owning human beings)

Sample sentences

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We are faced with the alternative of resistance or slavery.

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No one shall be held in slavery.

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Lincoln was opposed to slavery.

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Lincoln set out to abolish slavery in the United States.

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