Synonyms of servitude

servitude

noun

ˈsər-və-ˌtüd 

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

Synonyms & Similar Words

• slavery
• enslavement
• bondage
• thraldom
• servility
• yoke
• thralldom
• thrall
• captivity
• serfdom
• peonage
• subjugation
• subjection
• imprisonment
• dependance
• dependence
• incarceration
• enchainment

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• freedom
• liberty
• liberation
• emancipation
• enfranchisement
• independence
• manumission
• autonomy
• sovereignty
• self-government
• sovranty

Examples Sentences

Recent Examples of servitude

Much like the 13th Amendment in the U.S. Constitution, many states across the country have an exception for slavery or involuntary servitude, allowing it as punishment for a crime written into state law. —Kiara Alfonseca, ABC News, 29 Oct. 2024

State prisons, which employ nearly 40,000 inmates for 16 to 74 cents per hour, would no longer be allowed to use involuntary servitude as punishment for crime or discipline for those who refuse to work. —Shawna Chen, Axios, 16 Oct. 2024

Maria’s childhood is over, early, replaced with unpaid servitude. —Tomas Tranströmer, The New Yorker, 7 Oct. 2024

Brought up by unfriendly, ossifying nuns, ancient retainers, and countless skeletons, Gideon is ready to abandon a life of servitude and an afterlife as a reanimated corpse. —Brianne Kane, Scientific American, 27 Sep. 2024