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- DictionarySer·vi·tude/ˈsərvəˌto͞od/
noun
- 1. the state of being a slave or completely subject to someone more powerful.
1. : a condition in which one lacks liberty especially to determine one's course of action or way of life. 2. : a right by which something (such as a piece of land) owned by one person is subject to a specified use or enjoyment by another.
noun. the state or condition of a slave; bondage. the state or condition of being subjected to or dominated by a person or thing. servitude to drink. law a burden attaching to an estate for the benefit of an adjoining estate or of some definite person See also easement. short for penal servitude.
the state of being under the control of someone else and of having no freedom; the condition of a slave. (Definition of servitude from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press) Examples of servitude. servitude. But a warning to those who prefer servitude, or become partisans of the enemy, for we will remove your heads.
Synonyms for SERVITUDE: slavery, enslavement, bondage, thraldom, servility, yoke, thralldom, thrall; Antonyms of SERVITUDE: freedom, liberty, liberation, emancipation, enfranchisement, independence, manumission, autonomy.
1. a. A state of subjection to an owner or master. b. Lack of personal freedom, as to act as one chooses. 2. Forced labor imposed as a punishment for crime: penal servitude in labor camps. 3. Law An easement. [Middle English, from Old French, from Late Latin servitūdō, from Latin servus, slave .]
/ˈsʌvɪtud/ IPA guide. Other forms: servitudes. If you're free-spirited you won't enjoy servitude, mainly because servitude means you have to answer to a master, like a servant does. Slavery, a brutal form of servitude, existed in the United States until the ratification of the Thirteenth Amendment in 1865.
Definition of servitude noun in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
