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bondage (1 with allusion to senses ‘captivity’, and ‘servitude’)
1. condition of being bound Cym. V. v. 307 “Let his arms alone; they were not born for bondage” Compl. 34.
2. binding force, obligation Cym. II. iv. 111 “the vows of women Of no more bondage be” . . .
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    • William Shakespeare, Cymbeline, 2.4
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