servitude

Noun

Meaning

The state of voluntary or compulsory subjection to a master; the condition of being bound to service; the condition of a slave; slavery; bondage; hence, a state of slavish dependence.

Servants, collectively.

A right whereby one thing is subject to another thing or person for use or convenience, contrary to the common right.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

service serfdom slave slavery employ imprisonment captivity domination submission obedience confinement oppression restraint yoke internment

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Antonyms

autonomy liberty deliverance amnesty power emancipation

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Hypernyms

slavery bondage thrall thralldom thraldom

Hyponyms

villainage villeinage

Related terms

slavery servility

Phrases with the word

penal servitude child servitude deliver from servitude servitude vessel condemning to servitude

Anagrams

divesture detrusive

Examples

Man has no right to kill his brother. It is no excuse that he does so in uniform: he only adds the infamy of servitude to the crime of murder. Percy Bysshe Shelley

People who care about each other enjoy doing things for one another. They don't consider it servitude. Ann Landers

Man is an intelligence in servitude to his organs. Aldous Huxley

A really efficient totalitarian state would be one in which the all-powerful executive of political bosses and their army of managers control a population of slaves who do not have to be coerced, because they love their servitude. Aldous Huxley

A great fortune is a great servitude. American Proverb

A great fortune is a great servitude. Albanian Proverb

Close letter words and terms

servitorship servitress servitrix servitude vessel servitudinal serviture