servitude

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English

Etymology

From Middle French servitude, from Latin servitūdō, from Latin servus (“slave”).

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servitude (countable and uncountable, plural servitudes)

  1. The state of being a slave; slavery; being forced to work for others or do their bidding without one's consent or against one's will, either in perpetuity or for a period of time over which one has little or no control.
    • 1913, Elizabeth Kimball Kendall, A Wayfarer in China:
      In spite of the importance of this route it remained until a few years ago very insecure. Overhung almost its entire length by the inaccessible fastnesses of Lololand, the passing caravans dared journey only with convoy, and even then were frequently overwhelmed by raiders from the hills, who carried off both trader and goods into the mountains, the former to lifelong servitude.
    • 1948 July and August, K. Westcott Jones, “The Isle of Wight Railway”, in Railway Magazine, page 216:
      Balfour, who had sought refuge in Argentina, was extradited, and sentenced to a long term of penal servitude at Parkhurst Prison in the Isle of Wight.
    • 1986, Piotr Buczkowski, Andrzej Klawiter, editors, Theories of Ideology and Ideology of Theories‎, Rodopi, →ISBN, →ISSN, page 57:
      The Enlightment worldview, which considered the order of "Nature" as a basis and, at the same time, the subject of explorations of scientific natural sciences, has, at the same time, considered this order as a criterion of the artistically-aesthetic qualities of art. From an "ideological" point of view, it liberated art from its feudal religious and courtly servitude.
  2. (law) A qualified beneficial interest severed or fragmented from the ownership of an inferior property and attached to a superior property or to some person other than the owner; the most common form is an easement.
  3. (dated) Service rendered in the army or navy.
  4. (obsolete) Servants collectively.
  5. (archaic) The act of serving (food or drink, etc.); service.
    • 1857, Journal of Australasia, volume 2, page 38:
      The usual routine of confections and pastry follows, after which a galore of fruits of all kinds, with a chassè of excellent Mocha, the immediate servitude of which, after good dining, is, I think, universally acknowledged to be a great exhiliration.

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French

Etymology

Borrowed from Late Latin servitūdō, from Latin servus.

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servitude f (plural servitudes)

  1. servitude, thralldom
  2. (law) easement

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Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin servitūtem.

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  • Hyphenation: ser‧vi‧tu‧de

Noun

servitude f (plural servitudes)

  1. servitude (the state of being a serf or slave)
    Synonym: servidão
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