| Vassalage 1. (n.) The state of being a vassal, or feudatory. 2. (n.) Political servitude; dependence; subjection; slavery; as, the Greeks were held in vassalage by the Turks. 3. (n.) A territory held in vassalage. 4. (n.) Vassals, collectively; vassalry. 5. (n.) Valorous service, such as that performed by a vassal; valor; prowess; courage. Thesaurus Entries absolutism, bond service, bondage, captivity, control, debt slavery, deprivation of freedom, disenfranchisement, disfranchisement, domination, enslavement, enthrallment, feudalism, feudality, helotism, helotry, indentureship, peonage, restraint, serfdom, serfhood, servility, servitude, slavery, subjection, subjugation, thrall, thralldom, tyranny, villenage |