enslavement Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun the state of being a slave
    captivity.
    • So every bondman in his own hand bears the power to cancel his captivity"--Shakespeare
  2. noun the act of making slaves of your captives

WordNet

En*slave"ment noun
Definitions
  1. The act of reducing to slavery; state of being enslaved; bondage; servitude.
    A fresh enslavement to their enemies. South.

Webster 1913