AskDefine | Define servitude

Dictionary Definition

servitude n : state of subjection to an owner or master or forced labor imposed as punishment; "penal servitude"

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English

Noun

  1. The state of being a slave; slavery.

Translations

the state of being a slave

Extensive Definition

Servitude may refer to:
servitude in French: Servitude

Synonyms, Antonyms and Related Words

absolutism, attendance, bond service, bondage, captivity, control, debt slavery, deprivation of freedom, disenfranchisement, disfranchisement, domination, employ, employment, enslavement, enthrallment, feudalism, feudality, helotism, helotry, indentureship, ministration, ministry, peonage, restraint, serfdom, serfhood, servility, servitium, servitorship, slavery, subjection, subjugation, tendance, thrall, thralldom, tyranny, vassalage, villenage, yoke
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