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servitude

noun

Synonyms and Antonyms of servitude

the state of being a slave

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

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

peonage, serfdom

dependence (also dependance), subjection, subjugation

captivity, enchainment, imprisonment, incarceration
Near Antonyms of servitude

emancipation, enfranchisement, liberation, manumission

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

freedom, liberty

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