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Synonyms for servitude

Grammar : Noun
Spell : sur-vi-tood, -tyood
Phonetic Transcription : ˈsɜr vɪˌtud, -ˌtyud

Top 10 synonyms for servitude
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Définition of servitude

Origin :
  • early 15c., "condition of being enslaved," from Old French servitude, servitute (13c.) and directly from Late Latin servitudo "slavery," from Latin servus "a slave" (see serve (v.)) + abstract noun suffix.
  • noun slavery
Example sentences :
  • Through what medium can the idea of servitude enter their minds?
  • Extract from : « The New Adam and Eve (From "Mosses From An Old Manse") » by Nathaniel Hawthorne
  • And so may the temple fall with its deity of falsehood and servitude!
  • Extract from : « The Three Cities Trilogy, Complete » by Emile Zola
  • But it by no means follows that the domination of servitude must, or even can, be perpetual.
  • Extract from : « Freeland » by Theodor Hertzka
  • What wonder that we can live like masters, notwithstanding that servitude is not known in Freeland!
  • Extract from : « Freeland » by Theodor Hertzka
  • God help the Danes, if they have fallen into servitude among these blackguards!
  • Extract from : « Homeward Bound » by James Fenimore Cooper
  • "Death alone can enfranchise them from their servitude," has said Para-Brahma.
  • Extract from : « The Unknown Life of Jesus Christ » by Nicolas Notovitch
  • These villains did not buy themselves free of the marks of servitude.
  • Extract from : « The Enclosures in England » by Harriett Bradley
  • Our servitude to particulars betrays into a hundred foolish expectations.
  • Extract from : « Essays, Second Series » by Ralph Waldo Emerson
  • It savoured of servitude to his mind, and who was this same Pippo who aspired to be his master?
  • Extract from : « Gerald Fitzgerald » by Charles James Lever
  • Beware of these men; for their friendship is nothing less than a servitude.'
  • Extract from : « Gerald Fitzgerald » by Charles James Lever

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