Servitude
['sɜːvɪtjuːd] or ['sɝvətud]
Definition
(noun.) state of subjection to an owner or master or forced labor imposed as punishment; 'penal servitude'.
Checker: Zelig--From WordNet
Definition
(n.) 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.
(n.) Servants, collectively.
(n.) A right whereby one thing is subject to another thing or person for use or convenience, contrary to the common right.
Editor: Nicolas
Synonyms and Synonymous
n. Slavery, bondage, thraldom, enthralment, enslavement, serfdom, vassalage.
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Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Service, subordination, obedience, ministry, submission
ANT:Mastery, lordship, command, dictation, sway, rule, government
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Examples
- There was no labour slavery, no gang servitude. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- But I did not love my servitude: I wished, many a time, he had continued to neglect me. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
- Shall Hellas, Mother of the West, In servitude ignoble rest? Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
- Out of men's afflictions and affections were forged the rivets of their servitude. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- Later, Gyges rebelled against Assyria, and sent troops to help Psammetichus I to liberate Egypt from its brief servitude to the Assyrians. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Only after a long period of servitude did a popular uprising expel these foreigners again. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- A new servitude! Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
- The favoured countries of the south will throw off the iron yoke of servitude; poverty will quit us, and with that, sickness. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- He had a strong desire to escape from his bondage, and, after five years of servitude, found the opportunity. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
- Today, however, it renewed the sense of servitude which the previous night's review of her cheque-book had produced. Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
- But Servitude! Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
- The luxury of command and the attentions of servitude were lost. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- He held me to certain months of servitude, which were his lawful term of notice. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- Thus liberty, when out of all order and reason, passes into the worst form of servitude. Plato. The Republic.
Edited by Brent