n.
Pronunciation: ' bän-dij
Function: noun
Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo-French, from bonde customary tenant, from Middle English
Date: 14th century
1 : the tenure or service of a villein, serf, or slave
2 : a state of being bound usually by compulsion (as of law or mastery): as a : CAPTIVITY , SERFDOM b : servitude or subjugation to a controlling person or force <young people in bondage to drugs>
3 : sadomasochistic sexual practices involving the physical restraint of one partner