ser·vi·tude (sûr v -t d , -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. [Middle English, from Old French, from Late Latin servit  d , from Latin servus, slave.] |
servitude [ˈsɜːvɪˌtjuːd]
n
1. the state or condition of a slave; bondage
2. the state or condition of being subjected to or dominated by a person or thing servitude to drink
3. (Law) Law a burden attaching to an estate for the benefit of an adjoining estate or of some definite person See also easement
4. (Law) short for penal servitude
[via Old French from Latin servitūdō, from servus a slave]
Servitude slaves or servants, collectively, 1667.
ThesaurusLegend: Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
| 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 |
servitude
noun (Formal) slavery, bondage, enslavement, bonds, chains, obedience, thrall, subjugation, serfdom, vassalage, thraldom a life of servitude
Translations
servitude
n → Knechtschaft f
n servitude [ˈsəːvitjuːd]
the state of being a slave Their lives were spent in servitude. slawerny رِق، عُبودِيَّه робство otroctví slaveri die Sklaverei δουλεία, σκλαβιά servidumbre orjus بندگي؛بردگي orjuus esclavage עַבדוּת दासता, गुलामी ropstvo, robovanje (rab)szolgaság hidup sebagai budak þrældómur schiavitù 奴れい状態 노에 상태 vergystė, vergavimas verdzība; kalpība perhambaan slavernij slaveri, trelldom niewola servidão sclavie рабство otroctvo suženjstvo ropstvo träldom, slaveri ความเป็นทาส; ภาวะจำยอม kölelik 被奴役 рабство, поневолення غلامی sự quy phục 奴役状态
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