servitude

ser·vi·tude  (sûrv-td, -tyd)

n.

1.

a. A state of subjection to an owner or master.

b. Lack of personal freedom, as to act as one chooses.

2. Forced labor imposed as a punishment for crime: penal servitude in labor camps.

3. Law A right that grants use of another's property.

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[Middle English, from Old French, from Late Latin servitd, from Latin servus, slave.]

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servitude

Noun

Formal

1. slavery or bondage

2. the state or condition of being completely dominated [Latin servus a slave]

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Servitude slaves or servants, collectively, 1667.

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

servitude - state of subjection to an owner or master or forced labor imposed as punishment; "penal servitude" villainage, villeinage - the legal status or condition of servitude of a villein or feudal serf slavery, thraldom, thrall, thralldom, bondage - the state of being under the control of another person

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servitude

noun slavery, bondage, enslavement, bonds, chains, obedience, thrall, subjugation, serfdom, vassalage, thraldom

Translations

servitude

n servitude [ˈsəːvitjuːd]

the state of being a slave Their lives were spent in servitude.slawernyرِق، عُبودِيَّهробствоotroctvíslaveridie Sklavereiδουλεία, σκλαβιάservidumbreorjusبندگي؛بردگيorjuusesclavageעַבדוּתदासता, गुलामीropstvo, robovanje(rab)szolgasághidup sebagai budakþrældómurschiavitù奴れい状態노예 상태vergystė, vergavimasverdzība; kalpībaperhambaanslavernijslaveri, trelldomniewolaservidãosclavieрабствоotroctvosuženjstvoropstvoträldom, slaveriความเป็นทาส; ภาวะจำยอมkölelik奴役狀態рабство, поневоленняغلامیsự quy phục奴役状态