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
The main character escapes servitude and arrives at a space station called the Eye, where different factions are fighting for both survival and freedom.
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Fran Ruiz, Space.com, 20 Mar. 2025
There’s also another attempt to ban involuntary servitude.
—Stephen Hobbs, Sacramento Bee, 21 Feb. 2025
The novel follows Benedict's romance with Sophie, a young woman from a noble background who has been reduced to servitude.
—Josh Hammer, Newsweek, 14 Feb. 2025
Does Meghan in the kitchen amount to domestic servitude?
—Mina Holland, Vogue, 11 Jan. 2025
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Fran Ruiz, Space.com, 20 Mar. 2025
There’s also another attempt to ban involuntary servitude.
—Stephen Hobbs, Sacramento Bee, 21 Feb. 2025
The novel follows Benedict's romance with Sophie, a young woman from a noble background who has been reduced to servitude.
—Josh Hammer, Newsweek, 14 Feb. 2025
Does Meghan in the kitchen amount to domestic servitude?
—Mina Holland, Vogue, 11 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for servitude
slavery
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Plan an off-season visit for late July and early August to coincide with Antigua's nearly two-week-long carnival, which celebrates the end of slavery.—
Carley Rojas Avila,
Travel + Leisure,
3 May 2025
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Others online pointed out that Lively once boasted about her and husband Ryan Reynolds getting married in 2012 on a Southern plantation with a history of slavery.—
Martha Ross,
Mercury News,
28 Apr. 2025
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“Servitude.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/servitude. Accessed 15 May. 2025.
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