1. (n.) The state of being bound; condition of being under restraint; restraint of personal liberty by compulsion; involuntary servitude; slavery; captivity.

2. (a.) Obligation; tie of duty.

3. (a.) Villenage; tenure of land on condition of doing the meanest services for the owner.

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