Definitions for slavery

slavery slav·er·y

Spelling: [sley-vuh-ree, sleyv-ree]
IPA: /ˈsleɪ və ri, ˈsleɪv ri/

Slavery is a 7 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 13 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 14 points.

You can make 231 anagrams from letters in slavery (aelrsvy).

Definitions for slavery

noun

  1. the condition of a slave; bondage.
  2. the keeping of slaves as a practice or institution.
  3. a state of subjection like that of a slave:
  4. severe toil; drudgery.

Origin of slavery

First recorded in 1545-55; slave + -ery

Examples for slavery

Calhoun supported state nullification of federal laws and gave a speech to Congress titled “slavery as a Positive Good.”

Rather, human trafficking, like slavery in the past, is a way of demoralizing the conquered.

It was asserted that the system was only slavery under another name.

To be the slave of a husband was the worst of all slavery except self-slavery!

A foreigner such as Bartholdi viewed the abolition of slavery as Liberty achieved in the United States.

And certainly, when work is made detestable by slavery, there is no art.

And Daniel Webster, a great opponent of slavery, supported the vile Compromise of 1850, Fugitive Slave Act and all.

But so long as slavery is tolerated, no such peace can exist.

"And so is your slavery," said Tetreius, and his eyes shone.

The consequences of slavery are still inherent in the lives of black people.

Word Value for slavery
Scrable

13

Words with friends

14

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