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 Definitions of servitude  [ˈsɜr vɪˌtud, -ˌtyud]  

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Definition of 'servitude' Random House Webster's College Dictionary 

1. (n.) servitude
slavery or bondage of any kind.

2.  servitude
compulsory service or labor as a punishment for criminals:
penal servitude.

3.  servitude
Law. a right held by one person to use another's property.

Etymology:  (1425–75; late ME < LL servitūdō)

Definition of 'servitude' Princeton's WordNet 

1. (noun) servitude
state of subjection to an owner or master or forced labor imposed as punishment
"penal servitude"


Definition of 'servitude' Webster Dictionary 

1. (noun) servitude
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. (noun) servitude
servants, collectively

3. (noun) servitude
a right whereby one thing is subject to another thing or person for use or convenience, contrary to the common right


Translation of 'servitude' Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary 

Sense: the state of being a slave
Their lives were spent in servitude.

Afrikaans flag Afrikaans: slawerny Arabic flag Arabic: رِق، عُبودِيَّه Bulgarian flag Bulgarian: робство
Brazilian flag Brazilian: servidão Czech flag Czech: otroctví German flag German: die Sklaverei
Danish flag Danish: slaveri Greek flag Greek: δουλεία, σκλαβιά Spanish flag Spanish: servidumbre
Estonian flag Estonian: orjus Farsi flag Farsi: بندگي؛بردگي Finnish flag Finnish: orjuus
French flag French: esclavage Hebrew flag Hebrew: עַבדוּת Hindi flag Hindi: दासता, गुलामी
Croatian flag Croatian: ropstvo, robovanje Hungarian flag Hungarian: (rab)szolgaság Indonesian flag Indonesian: hidup sebagai budak
Icelandic flag Icelandic: þrældómur Italian flag Italian: schiavitù Japanese flag Japanese: 奴れい状態
Korean flag Korean: 노에 상태 Lithuanian flag Lithuanian: vergystė, vergavimas Latvian flag Latvian: verdzība; kalpība
Malay flag Malay: perhambaan Dutch flag Dutch: slavernij Norwegian flag Norwegian: slaveri, trelldom
Polish flag Polish: niewola Persian flag Persian: بندگي؛بردگي Pashto flag Pashto: مريې توب، غلامي، بندګي
Portuguese flag Portuguese: servidão Romanian flag Romanian: sclavie Russian flag Russian: рабство
Slovak flag Slovak: otroctvo Slovenian flag Slovenian: suženjstvo Serbian flag Serbian: ropstvo
Swedish flag Swedish: träldom, slaveri Thai flag Thai: ความเป็นทาส; ภาวะจำยอม Turkish flag Turkish: kölelik
Taiwanese flag Taiwanese: 被奴役 Ukrainian flag Ukrainian: рабство, поневолення Urdu flag Urdu: غلامی
Vietnamese flag Vietnamese: sự quy phục Chinese flag Chinese: 奴役状态

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