The state of being a slave or completely subject to someone more powerful. The workers lived in servitude, bound to the landowner's demands.
A condition in which one lacks liberty, especially to determine one's course of action or way of life. The oppressive regime kept its citizens in a state of servitude.
A legal term referring to a right by which something, such as a piece of land, is subject to use by another. The property was burdened with a servitude allowing the neighbor access to the river.
Compulsory labor imposed as a legal penalty, especially for serious crimes; penal servitude. Under the old statute, offenders could be sentenced to ten years of penal servitude.