the condition of being bound, tied.

a means by which something is bound or tied, as a rope, cord, chain, fetters, etc.

a female prisoner.

binding; restrictive.

opposing; resisting.

a tying or being tied.

a building for confining undertrials and criminals sentenced after conviction; a jail; a prison.

the condition of being confined (in or as in a jail).

a rope, cord, chair, band or strip as a means for binding.

the act of capturing, seizing, arresting or imprisoning.

a control, check or restraint.

the way in which something is composed, constructed or formed.

(phil.) the worldly passions or attachments that bind the soul to the mundane life.