Noun

1. An institution or social practice of owning human beings as property, especially for use as forced laborers.
2. A condition of servitude endured by a slave.
3. A condition in which one is captivated or subjugated, as by greed or drugs.
   • 1818, Percy Bysshe Shelley,"The Revolt of Islam", canto 8, stanza 16,

     Man seeks for gold in mines that he may weave / A lasting chain for his own slavery.