SERVITUDE

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Meaning:

State of subjection to an owner or master or forced labor imposed as punishment

Example:

penal servitude

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Hypernyms ("servitude" is a kind of...):

bondage; slavery; thraldom; thrall; thralldom (the state of being under the control of another person)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "servitude"):

villainage; villeinage (the legal status or condition of servitude of a villein or feudal serf)