enslavement

• Substantivo que designa o ato ou processo de tornar alguém escravo, bem como o estado de escravidão ou sujeição total.

A noun referring to the state of being a slave or the act of making someone a slave.

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1. State of being a slaveB2formal

   The condition or state of being held as a slave; complete subjugation to another's control.

   Escravidão

   • The novel vividly describes the horrors of enslavement in colonial times.
   • Enslavement deprives people of their fundamental human rights.
   • He fought his entire life to escape the enslavement imposed by the regime.

   Sinônimosbondagecaptivityoppressionserfdomservitudeslaverysubjugationthraldom

   Antônimosautonomyfreedomindependenceliberty

2. Act of making slavesB2formal

   The act or process of taking people captive and forcing them into slavery.

   Escravização

   • The enslavement of prisoners of war was outlawed by international treaties.
   • Historical records document the brutal enslavement of millions of Africans.
   • The empire expanded through conquest and the enslavement of conquered peoples.

   Antônimosemancipationfreedomliberation