servitude
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8.9
- noun
- /ˈsɜrvɪˌtud/
- NSFW
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servidumbre
- Countless women and children have been taken away for sex slavery, domestic servitude, organ harvesting.
- involuntary servitude
- indentured servitude
- domestic servitude
But FYI, that's not a relationship, that's servitude.
- But FYI, that's not a relationship, that's servitude.
- Countless women and children have been taken away for sex slavery, domestic servitude, organ harvesting.
- And so he can then sign up for chattel slavery, lifetime servitude.
- We can think about all sorts of power relations that approximate to servitude.
- I think that would be a huge conflict of interest in like in selling yourself into servitude to the to the military.
- And my impression from that was that some people remain in servitude for other people as zombies for an extended period of time.
Examples
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Her alternatives are limited, since escape from her servitude while the Abuela is alive thus far has proven impossible.
Academic text (2001) -
And now the cartel owns them as a indentured servitude type situation.
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Our only hope is to slow it down so servitude does not hurt so bad.
Blog text (8) -
Offering 14 years of servitude.
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I have always sought Christian unity, but not at the price of servitude.
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The principal instrument of the former is freedom; of the latter, servitude.
Academic text (2017) -
He was hailed as the Liberator, but in reality most former serfs remain trapped in servitude and poverty.
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Many people throughout history have faced a life of servitude, bound to work under harsh conditions for little reward.
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The novel vividly describes the struggle of the protagonist who escapes from a life of servitude imposed by her captors.
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In many countries, laws exist to protect individuals from being trapped in servitude and forced labor situations.
Synonyms
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3.5
A situation where one person controls another person and they have no freedom
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4.4
Work people are forced to do without pay, often under threat
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6.3
Being forced to work for someone as their slave
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9.4
A system where peasants are legally tied to a lord's land and have few rights
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9.9
Being under another person's control
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8.9
An employer forces people and their families to work to pay a debt, often for generations
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8.1
A situation when people must work for very low pay with no control or choice
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9.9
A woman forced to work for another person without pay
A condition where peasants are tied to the land and under a lord's control
A condition in which a farm worker must live and work on a lord's land and cannot leave
A system where people must serve and obey a lord
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Etymology
Servitude comes from the old Latin word servus, which means 'slave' and is the same root as English words serve and servant. So servitude means being under someone else's control or forced to work for them.