Slavery

n. servitude, state of being a slave, bondage; hard work, drudgery

"Slave" redirects here. This article is about a social system: for other uses, see Slavery (disambiguation) and Slave (disambiguation). Slavery is a social-economic system under which certain persons — known as slaves — are deprived of personal freedom and compelled to perform labour or services. The term also refers to the status or condition of those persons who are treated as the property of another person or household. This is referred to as "chattel slavery".
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Noun
1. the state of being under the control of another person
(synonym) bondage, thrall, thralldom, thraldom
(hypernym) subjugation, subjection
(hyponym) bonded labor
2. the practice of owning slaves
(synonym) slaveholding
(hypernym) practice, pattern
3. work done under harsh conditions for little or no pay
(hypernym) labor, labour, toil
(derivation) slave, break one's back, buckle down, knuckle down

(n.)
The holding of slaves.
  

(n.)
The condition of a slave; the state of entire subjection of one person to the will of another.
  

(n.)
A condition of subjection or submission characterized by lack of freedom of action or of will.
  

When a person (called master) has absolute power over another (called slave) including life and liberty. - (read more on Slavery)