INDENTURE Synonyms: 82 Similar and Opposite Words

indenture

noun

in-ˈden-chər

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as in hole

a sunken area forming a separate space the dropped hammer left an indenture in the floor

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as in chip

a V-shaped cut usually on an edge or a surface made a small indenture to mark the spot where the plank was to be sawed

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Recent Examples of indenture In the mid–seventeenth century, fearful that the growing class of temporary and former servants might displace them, white property owners passed laws that phased out indentures for white people and established a system of chattel slavery (permanent and heritable) for Black people. —

Scott W. Stern, The New Republic, 26 June 2023 Instead, Said found a Russian to take over his indenture, Nicholas Vassilievich Trubetzkoy, a 22-year-old godson of Czar Nicholas, who taught him Russian. —

Martha Anne Toll, Washington Post, 30 Mar. 2023 Webster imagines her ancestor’s work as a milkmaid, the trial and her ultimate indenture on a plantation in Maryland where Molly met Bana’ka, the enslaved man who became the father of her children. —

Maud Newton, Washington Post, 21 Mar. 2023 Kaz has promised to buy her indenture and set her free. —

Town & Country, 18 Mar. 2023 See all Example Sentences for indenture

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But the concerns about how the state ended up in the budget hole to begin with, remains central to the blame game.

— Mikenzie Frost, Baltimore Sun, 25 Jan. 2025
Of course, there are still gaping holes on this team, notably at wide receiver and with a defensive coordinator who still needs to be hired to replace Tom Allen.

— Audrey Snyder, The Athletic, 24 Jan. 2025