noun
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a tying or being tied.
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a building for confining undertrials and criminals sentenced after conviction; a jail; a prison.
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the condition of being confined (in or as in a jail).
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a rope, cord, chair, band or strip as a means for binding.
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the act of capturing, seizing, arresting or imprisoning.
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a control, check or restraint.
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the way in which something is composed, constructed or formed.
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(phil.) the worldly passions or attachments that bind the soul to the mundane life.