Roget's Thesaurus of English Words and Phrases by Peter Mark Roget

subordination; thrall, thralldom, thraldom, enthrallment, subjugation, bondage, serfdom; feudalism, feudality†; vassalage, villenage; slavery, enslavement, involuntary servitude; conquest. service; servitude, servitorship†; tendence†, employ, tutelage, clientship†; liability &c 177; constraint &c 751; oppression &c (severity) 739; yoke &c (means of restraint) 752; submission &c 725; obedience &c 743. V. be subject &c adj.; be at the mercy of, lie at the mercy of; depend upon, lean upon, hang upon; fall a prey to, fall under; play second fiddle. be a mere machine, be a puppet, be a football; not dare to say one's soul is his own; drag a chain. serve &c 746; obey &c 743; submit &c 725. break in, tame; subject, subjugate; master &c 731; tread down, tread under foot; weigh down; drag at one's chariot wheels; reduce to subjection, reduce to slavery; enthrall, inthrall†, bethrall†; enslave, lead captive; take into custody &c (restrain) 751; rule &c 737; drive into a corner, hold at the sword's point; keep under; hold in bondage, hold in leading strings, hold in swaddling clothes. Adj. subject, dependent, subordinate; feudal, feudatory; in subjection to, under control; in leading strings, in harness; subjected, enslaved &c v.; constrained &c 751; downtrodden; overborne, overwhelmed; under the lash, on the hip, led by the nose, henpecked; the puppet of, the sport of, the plaything of; under one's orders, under one's command, under one's thumb; a slave to; at the mercy of; in the power of, in the hands of, in the clutches of; at the feet of; at one's beck and call &c (obedient) 743; liable &c 177; parasitical; stipendiary. Adv. under. Phr. slaves - in a land of light and law [Whittier].