Synonyms of servility

servility

noun

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

Synonyms & Similar Words

• slavery
• servitude
• enslavement
• yoke
• bondage
• thralldom
• thrall
• serfdom
• subjection
• subjugation
• captivity
• peonage
• dependence
• imprisonment
• incarceration
• enchainment

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• freedom
• liberty
• liberation
• emancipation
• independence
• autonomy
• sovereignty
• manumission
• enfranchisement
• self-government

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of servility

Though the national independence be blurred by the servility of individuals, though freedom and equality have been proclaimed only to leave room for a monstrous display of slave-dealing and slave-keeping . — Ann Manov, Harpers Magazine, 23 June 2026