Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary - enslavement

1. Enslavement is the act of making someone into a slave or the state of being a slave. ...the enslavement of African people. N-UNCOUNT: oft N of n 2. Enslavement is the state of being trapped in a situation from which it is difficult to escape. ...the analysis of women’s enslavement to appearance. N-UNCOUNT: oft poss N, adj N, N to n