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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His parents were only a generation removed from slavery.—
Christopher DeRose,
CBS News,
21 Feb. 2026 -
The exhibit on the history of slavery at the President’s House in Philadelphia was restored this week.—
Carol Quillen,
Time,
21 Feb. 2026
Noun
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Colorado Department of Corrections officials forced inmates to work prison jobs through coercion that ultimately amounted to involuntary servitude, a Denver judge ruled Friday.—
Shelly Bradbury,
Denver Post,
16 Feb. 2026
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Voters overwhelmingly abolished slavery and involuntary servitude in prisons in 2018.—
Austen Erblat,
CBS News,
16 Feb. 2026
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“Servility.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/servility. Accessed 23 Feb. 2026.
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