<p><strong>Noun</strong></p><ul><li>the condition of being enslaved, held, or owned as human chattel or property; bondage.</li><li>a practice or institution that treats or recognizes some human beings as the legal property of others.</li><li>a state of subjection like that of a slave: He longed to escape the slavery of drug addiction.</li><li>severe toil; drudgery.</li></ul>