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servility

noun

Synonyms and Antonyms of servility

the state of being a slave

  • the joy that emancipation must have brought to people who had known only servility since birth
Synonyms of servility

bondage, enslavement, servitude, slavery, thrall, thralldom (or thraldom), yoke
Words Related to servility

peonage, serfdom

dependence (also dependance), subjection, subjugation

captivity, enchainment, imprisonment, incarceration
Near Antonyms of servility

emancipation, enfranchisement, liberation, manumission

autonomy, independence, self-government, sovereignty (also sovranty)
Antonyms of servility

freedom, liberty

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  1. Spanish Central: Translation of servility

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