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Servitude synonyms

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confinement
Lying-in, time of giving birth
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  1. Lying-in, time of giving birth
  2. Limitation; restriction; restraint
  3. Imprisonment
bondage
The practice of being physically restrained, as with cords or handcuffs, as a means of attaining sexual gratification.
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  1. The practice of being physically restrained, as with cords or handcuffs, as a means of attaining sexual gratification.
  2. The state of one who is bound as a slave or serf.
  3. A state of subjection to a force, power, or influence.
bondage
Subjection to some force, compulsion, or influence; specif., physical restraint as a sadomasochistic technique
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  1. Subjection to some force, compulsion, or influence; specif., physical restraint as a sadomasochistic technique
  2. A state of subjection to a force, power, or influence.
  3. Serfdom or slavery
helotry
Helots considered as a group.
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  1. Helots considered as a group.
  2. The helots collectively; slaves; bondsmen.
  3. Serfdom or slavery
serfdom
The feudal system that includes serfs.
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  1. The feudal system that includes serfs.
  2. The state of being a serf.
servility
The condition of being servile.
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  1. The condition of being servile.
slavery
The condition of being a slave; bondage; servitude
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  1. The condition of being a slave; bondage; servitude
  2. The condition of being subject or addicted to a specified influence.
  3. A condition of hard work and subjection:
thrall
One, such as a slave or serf, who is held in bondage.
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  1. One, such as a slave or serf, who is held in bondage.
  2. (Literary) A slave or bondman
  3. The state of being in the power of another person or under the sway of an influence:
thralldom
The condition of being a thrall; servitude; slavery
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  1. The condition of being a thrall; servitude; slavery
villeinage
The state of being a villein.
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  1. The state of being a villein.
  2. The legal status or condition of a villein.
  3. The conditions of tenure by which a villein held his land
yoke
Subjection; bondage; servitude
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  1. Subjection; bondage; servitude
  2. Any of various emblems of subjugation, such as a structure made of two upright spears with a third laid across them, under which conquered enemies of ancient Rome were forced to march in subjection.
  3. The condition of being subjugated by or as if by a conqueror; subjugation or bondage:
Find another word for servitude. In this page you can discover 17 synonyms, antonyms, idiomatic expressions, and related words for servitude, like: confinement, bondage, subjugation, slavery, subjection, bondage, enslavement, helotry, serfdom, servileness and servility.

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  • Capital punishment was abolished in 1877, penal servitude for life being substituted.

  • the stole is his obedience and servitude for our sakes; (3) the allegorical school, which treats the priest as a warrior or champion, who puts on the amice as a helmet, the alb as a breastplate, and so on.

  • There are no vindictive punishments, such as a solitary confinement, penal servitude for long terms of years, &c. Seldom, indeed, is a man imprisoned more than twelve months, the rule being that there is a general jail delivery at the New Year.

  • Among other internal reforms the abolition of the last traces of servitude in 1289, and the increase in the number of arti, first to 12 and then to 21 (7 maggiori and 14 minori) must be mentioned.

  • As for penal servitude, the punishment reserved for the gravest offences, great changes had been introduced.

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