servility

the state of being a slave the joy that emancipation must have brought to people who had known only servility since birth Synonyms bondage, enslavement, slavery, servitude, thrall, thralldom (or thraldom), yokeRelated Words peonage, serfdom; dependence (also dependance), subjection, subjugation; captivity, enchainment, imprisonment, incarcerationNear Antonyms emancipation, enfranchisement, liberation, manumission; autonomy, independence, self-government, sovereignty (also sovranty)Antonyms freedom, liberty