Meaning

5 senses
  1. (countable, uncountable)The state of being a slave; slavery; being forced to work for others or do their bidding without one's consent or against one's will, either in perpetuity or for a period of time over which one has little or no control.

    Knechtschaft

    ра́бствоrábstvo, нево́ляnevólja

  2. (countable, uncountable)A qualified beneficial interest severed or fragmented from the ownership of an inferior property and attached to a superior property or to some person other than the owner; the most common form is an easement.

    Dienstbarkeit

    сервиту́тservitút

  3. (countable, dated, uncountable)Service rendered in the army or navy.

  4. (countable, obsolete, uncountable)Servants collectively.

  5. (archaic, countable, uncountable)The act of serving (food or drink, etc.); service.

More definitions
  • state of subjection to an owner or master or forced labor imposed as punishment

Examples

7 sentences
  1. Every certitude is a kind of servitude.

    ruВсякая уверенность - своего рода рабство.

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  2. He will equal the dog in servitude.

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  3. Indentured servitude is often contrasted with chattel slavery.

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  4. Indentured servitude and chattel slavery are two completely different things.

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  5. Every liberation bears within itself the danger of a new kind of servitude.

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Translations

7 languages
Русский
By meaning 2
the state of being a slave:
qualified beneficial interest:
Deutsch
By meaning 2
the state of being a slave:
qualified beneficial interest:

Origin

From Middle French servitude, from Latin servitūdō, from Latin servus (“slave”). Equivalen

From Middle French servitude, from Latin servitūdō, from Latin servus (“slave”). Equivalent to serve + -itude.

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