| slovo | definícia |
slavery
(mass) | slavery
- otroctvo |
slavery
(encz) | slavery,otroctví n: Zdeněk Brož |
Slavery
(gcide) | Slavery \Slav"er*y\, n.; pl. Slaveries. [See 2d Slave.]
1. The condition of a slave; the state of entire subjection
of one person to the will of another.
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Disguise thyself as thou wilt, still, slavery, said
I, still thou art a bitter draught! --Sterne.
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I wish, from my soul, that the legislature of this
state [Virginia] could see the policy of a gradual
abolition of slavery. It might prevent much future
mischief. --Washington.
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2. A condition of subjection or submission characterized by
lack of freedom of action or of will.
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The vulgar slaveries rich men submit to. --C. Lever.
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There is a slavery that no legislation can abolish,
-- the slavery of caste. --G. W. Cable.
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3. The holding of slaves.
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Syn: Bondage; servitude; inthrallment; enslavement;
captivity; bond service; vassalage.
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slavery
(wn) | slavery
n 1: the state of being under the control of another person
[syn: bondage, slavery, thrall, thralldom,
thraldom]
2: the practice of owning slaves [syn: slavery,
slaveholding]
3: work done under harsh conditions for little or no pay |
SLAVERY
(bouvier) | SLAVERY. The state or condition of a slave.
2. Slavery exists in most of the southern states. In Pennsylvania, by
the act of March, 1780, for the gradual abolition of slavery, it has been
almost entirely removed in Massachusetts it was held, soon after the
Revolution, that slavery had been abolished by their constitution; 4 Mass.
128; in Connecticut, slavery has been totally extinguished by legislative
provisions; Reeve's Dom. Bel. 340; the states north of Delaware, Maryland
and the river Ohio, may be considered as free States, where slavery is not
tolerated. Vide Stroud on Slavery; 2 Kent, Com. 201; Rutherf. Inst. 238.
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| | podobné slovo | definícia |
slavery
(mass) | slavery
- otroctvo |
abolish slavery
(encz) | abolish slavery,zrušit otroctví v: |
antislavery
(encz) | antislavery,protiotrokářský adj: Zdeněk Brož |
slavery
(encz) | slavery,otroctví n: Zdeněk Brož |
white slavery
(encz) | white slavery,obchod s děvčaty n: Zdeněk Brož |
Antislavery
(gcide) | Antislavery \An`ti*slav"er*y\, a.
Opposed to slavery. -- n. Opposition to slavery.
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Proslavery
(gcide) | Proslavery \Pro*slav"er*y\, a. [Pref. pro- + slavery.]
Favoring slavery. -- n. Advocacy of slavery.
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Slavery
(gcide) | Slavery \Slav"er*y\, n.; pl. Slaveries. [See 2d Slave.]
1. The condition of a slave; the state of entire subjection
of one person to the will of another.
[1913 Webster]
Disguise thyself as thou wilt, still, slavery, said
I, still thou art a bitter draught! --Sterne.
[1913 Webster]
I wish, from my soul, that the legislature of this
state [Virginia] could see the policy of a gradual
abolition of slavery. It might prevent much future
mischief. --Washington.
[1913 Webster]
2. A condition of subjection or submission characterized by
lack of freedom of action or of will.
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The vulgar slaveries rich men submit to. --C. Lever.
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There is a slavery that no legislation can abolish,
-- the slavery of caste. --G. W. Cable.
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3. The holding of slaves.
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Syn: Bondage; servitude; inthrallment; enslavement;
captivity; bond service; vassalage.
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slavery
(wn) | slavery
n 1: the state of being under the control of another person
[syn: bondage, slavery, thrall, thralldom,
thraldom]
2: the practice of owning slaves [syn: slavery,
slaveholding]
3: work done under harsh conditions for little or no pay |
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