servitude
[noun]
Synonyms: bondage, enslavement, helotry, peonage, serfdom, serfhood, servility, slavery, thralldom, yoke

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Contrasted words: freedom, independence

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ser‧vi‧tude /ˈsɜːvətjuːd, ˈsɜːvɪtjuːd $ ˈsɜːrvətuːd/ noun [uncountable] formal
[Word Family: noun: servant, serve, server, service, disservice, the services, serving, servery, servicing, servility, servitude; adjective: serviceable, servile, serving; verb: serve, service]
[Date: 1400-1500; Language: Old French; Origin: Latin servitudo, from servus; ⇒ serve¹]
the condition of being a slave or being forced to obey someone else Synonym : slavery

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