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servitude

noun
 
/ˈsɜːvɪtjuːd/
 
/ˈsɜːrvɪtuːd/
[uncountable] (formal)
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  1. the condition of being a slave or being forced to obey another person synonym slavery
    • a life of poverty and servitude
    Word Originlate Middle English: via Old French from Latin servitudo, from servus ‘slave’.
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