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
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Recent Examples of servitude
Peña Lopez is also charged with document servitude.
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Julia Marnin, Miami Herald, 22 Oct. 2025
But the character’s state of servitude is largely hidden in clumsy blocking.
—Frank Rizzo, Variety, 29 Sep. 2025
The word robot comes from the Czech word ‘robota’ which meant involuntary servitude, something very close to slavery, says Novakova.
—Bruce Dorminey, Forbes.com, 10 Sep. 2025
But perhaps the consequence was that some deeper servitude had been inflicted elsewhere.
—Rachel Cusk, New Yorker, 24 Aug. 2025
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Julia Marnin, Miami Herald, 22 Oct. 2025
But the character’s state of servitude is largely hidden in clumsy blocking.
—Frank Rizzo, Variety, 29 Sep. 2025
The word robot comes from the Czech word ‘robota’ which meant involuntary servitude, something very close to slavery, says Novakova.
—Bruce Dorminey, Forbes.com, 10 Sep. 2025
But perhaps the consequence was that some deeper servitude had been inflicted elsewhere.
—Rachel Cusk, New Yorker, 24 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for servitude
slavery
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Fulton County Reparations Task Force, a volunteer group in Georgia’s most populous county, recently submitted a 636-page report on the harms the municipality dealt through slavery and discrimination against Black residents.—
AJ Willingham,
AJC.com,
8 Jan. 2026
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When Connecticut receives a report of human trafficking – or modern slavery – multiple agencies collaborate to determine the situation, rescue the victim and provide necessary services like housing, health care and mental health support, and prosecute the offender.—
Kaitlin McCallum,
Hartford Courant,
8 Jan. 2026
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“Servitude.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/servitude. Accessed 20 Jan. 2026.
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