Synonyms of servitude

servitude

noun

ˈsər-və-ˌtüd 

as in slavery

the state of being an enslaved person

the Fugitive Slave Act had the effect of returning enslaved people who had made it to freedom in the North to a brutal life of servitude in the South

Synonyms & Similar Words

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

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

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