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Definition of: servitude
(sûr′və·t
d, -tyd) noun
1. The condition of a slave; slavery; bondage; now, especially, enforced service as a punishment for crime: penal servitude.
2. A state of subjection to any claim, demand, or control: servitude to vice.
3. The condition or duties of a servant; menial service.
4. The subjection of a person to a person or to a thing, or of a thing to a person or thing.
5. Law An easement; a right that one man may have to use the land of another for a special purpose. See synonyms under BONDAGE. [<MF <L servitudo <servus a slave]
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