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    SERVITUDE

    Pronunciation (US): Play  (GB): Play

     I. (noun) 

    Sense 1

    Meaning:

    State of subjection to an owner or master or forced labor imposed as punishmentplay

    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)

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