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From enslave +‎ -ment.

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enslavement (countable and uncountable, plural enslavements)

  1. The act of enslaving or the state of being a slave; bondage
    • 1973 July 22 [1973 July 17], Kai-shek Chiang, “President Chiang Kai-shek's message to the mass rally supporting Captive Nations Week”, in Free China Weekly[1], volume XIV, number 28, Taipei, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 1, column 4:
      I should like to take this opportunity to express my wish for success and victory in our struggle against Communism and enslavement and for freedom and peace.

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