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Mandatory is a related term of enslaved.


As an adjective mandatory

is obligatory; required or commanded by authority.

As a noun mandatory

is (dated|rare) a person, organisation or state who receives a mandate; a mandatary.

As a verb enslaved is

(enslave).

mandatory

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Obligatory; required or commanded by authority.
    • Attendance at a school is usually mandatory .
  • * 1999 , Ian Stewart, Jack Cohen, Figments of Reality: The Evolution of the Curious Mind , page 276
    • This kind of immediate control structure we take to be characteristic of the tribe, and it leads to a rather rigid type of system in which 'every action not mandatory is forbidden'.
  • Of, being or relating to a mandate.
    • Mandatory Palestine

    Synonyms

    * compulsory * obligatory

    Antonyms

    * (obligatory) optional * (obligatory) elective

    Derived terms

    * mandatoriness

    Noun

    (mandatories)
  • (dated, rare) A person, organisation or state who receives a mandate; a mandatary.

    • External links

    * * * Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary * The Oxford English Dictionary

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    enslaved

    English

    Verb

    (head)
  • (enslave)

    • enslave

    English

    Alternative forms

    * inslave

    Verb

    (en-verb)
  • To make subservient; to strip one of freedom; enthrall.

    • Synonyms

    * (l),

    Related terms

    * slave * slavery

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