VASSALAGE Synonyms

• state of subjection to an owner or master or forced labor imposed as punishment

• the state of being under the control of another person

• the practice of owning slaves

• work done under harsh conditions for little or no pay

• forced submission to control by others

• the act of subjugating by cruelty

• the act of conquering

• something (manuscripts or architectural plans and models or estimates or works of art of all genres etc.) submitted for the judgment of others (as in a competition)

• the act of submitting; usually surrendering power to another

• the condition of having submitted to control by someone or something else

• the feeling of patient, submissive humbleness

• a legal document summarizing an agreement between parties in a dispute to abide by the decision of an arbiter

• an agreement between parties in a dispute to abide by the decision of an arbiter

• (law) a contention presented by a lawyer to a judge or jury as part of the case he is arguing

• the state of being subordinate to something

• the semantic relation of being subordinate or belonging to a lower rank or class

• the grammatical relation of a modifying word or phrase to its head

• the quality of obedient submissiveness

• the act of mastering or subordinating someone

• the state of being under the control of another person

• the state of a serf