I. slavery ˈslav(ə)rē, -lāv-, -läv-, -lȧv-, -ri adjective
Etymology: Middle English, from slaver (II) + -y
archaic : slobbery , driveling
II. slav·ery ˈslāv(ə)rē, -ri noun
( -es )
Etymology: slave (I) + -ery
1. : hard work : drudgery , labor
I never rowed — about the most awful form of slavery which mankind knows — A.P.Herbert
2.
a. : submissiveness to a dominating influence : subservience
slavery to habit
deliverance of mankind from the long slavery of want, fear and cruelty — Leslie Rees
b. : control by imposed authority : subjection
the … slavery of soldiers on the march — W.R.Inge
all government without the consent of the governed is … slavery — Jonathan Swift
3. : the quality or state of being a slave : the practice or institution of keeping slaves : bondage , servitude
no one shall be held in slavery or servitude — U.N. Declaration of Human Rights
neither slavery nor involuntary servitude, except as a punishment for crime … shall exist within the United States or any place subject to their jurisdcition — U.S.Constitution
the inhuman exploitation of chattel slavery — Lewis Mumford