as in slavery
the state of being an enslaved person
the joy that emancipation must have brought to people who had known only servility since birth
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Noun
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Florida’s Surgeon General, Joseph Ladapo, announced on Wednesday that the state would end all vaccine mandates, likening them to slavery.—
Connor Greene,
Time,
3 Sep. 2025 -
What was meant to be a reflective, thought-provoking discussion on slavery and human resilience was flattened into copy-paste commentary.—
Ashanty Rosario,
The Atlantic,
3 Sep. 2025
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Together with the Civil War Amendments, outlawing slavery and involuntary servitude and ensuring all citizens equal protection of the laws and due process of law, the Bill of Rights stands as a constant guardian of individual liberty.—
Liz Tracey,
JSTOR Daily,
25 Aug. 2025
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But perhaps the consequence was that some deeper servitude had been inflicted elsewhere.—
Rachel Cusk,
New Yorker,
24 Aug. 2025
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“Servility.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/servility. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.
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