BONDAGE

The state of being enslaved or the practice of slavery.

"In Judeo-Christian tradition, the Israelites fled bondage at the hands of the Egyptians, only to wander in the wilderness for the next four decades."

(by extension) The state of lacking freedom; constraint.

"He lived in financial bondage to his cocaine habit; no matter how much he earned, it all seemed to disappear up his nose."

The practice of tying people up for sexual pleasure.

"Their marriage broke up when she discovered he had been engaging in bondage games with a local dominatrix while he was supposedly working out at the gym."