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SERVITUDE
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
State of subjection to an owner or master or forced labor imposed as punishment
Example:
penal servitude
Classified under:
Nouns denoting stable states of affairs
Hypernyms ("servitude" is a kind of...):
bondage; slavery; thraldom; thrall; thralldom (the state of being under the control of another person)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "servitude"):
villainage; villeinage (the legal status or condition of servitude of a villein or feudal serf)