Thraldom (Noun)
Meaning
The state of being under the control of another person.
Classification
Nouns denoting natural processes.
Examples
- She felt trapped in a life of thraldom to her autocratic husband.
- The young apprentice rebelled against his state of thraldom to the demanding master craftsman.
- After years of protesting, the villagers finally broke free from the thraldom of the local lord.
- As a household servant, she lived a life of quiet thraldom under the strict rule of the matriarch.
- The slave's greatest fear was being sold into a lifetime of thraldom to a cruel plantation owner.