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servitude
[ sur-vi-tood, -tyood ]
noun
- slavery or bondage of any kind:
political or intellectual servitude.
Synonyms: ,
Antonyms:
- compulsory service or labor as a punishment for criminals:
penal servitude.
- Law. a right possessed by one person to use another's property.
servitude
/ ˈɜːɪˌː /
noun
- the state or condition of a slave; bondage
- the state or condition of being subjected to or dominated by a person or thing
servitude to drink
- law a burden attaching to an estate for the benefit of an adjoining estate or of some definite person See also easement
- short for penal servitude
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of servitude1
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of servitude1
Synonym Study
Example Sentences
It’s not just about servitude or oppression, it’s about actively defending the forces that will exploit you, abandon you and bury you.
The state Constitution currently bans slavery and involuntary servitude, except as punishment for crime.
Such postmodern servitude liberates only those who “platform” it and profit from it with approval of our national marketer in chief, who hawks his own merchandise online: Bibles, steaks, meme-coins, phony university degrees.
Proposition 6, the ballot measure that would have amended the California Constitution to prohibit involuntary servitude in prison, failed.
Voters also disagreed with the state party’s endorsements on four other measures, including a failed initiative that sought to ban involuntary servitude in prisons.
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