meaning of servitude
1. The state of voluntary or compulsory subjection to a master; the condition of being bound to service; the condition of a slave; slavery; bondage; hence, a state of slavish dependence.
2. Servants, collectively.
3. A right whereby one thing is subject to another thing or person for use or convenience, contrary to the common right.
4. state of subjection to an owner or master or forced labor imposed as punishment; "penal
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