servitude C2 Topic:Abstract Ideas US /ˈsərvəˌt(j)ud/ UK /ˈsɜːvɪtʃuːd/ See IPA manual Freq #28363 Meanings 1 noun state of subjection to an owner or master or forced labor imposed as punishment Penal servitude. Thesaurus Synonyms bondagethrallcaptivityenslavement ↔ Opposites autonomydominion Word family Derived forms semiservitudeservitudinalsubservitude Related forms serfserfdomservantservilityslaveryservile Appears in Phrases (1) See all penal servitude forced labor imposed as a criminal punishment Adjective + noun Etymology From Middle French servitude, from Latin servitūdō, from Latin servus (“slave”). Equivalent to serve + -itude. *ser- (guard) Proto-Indo-European servitude Middle French servitūdō Latin servus Latin View etymology graph -> Topics Abstract Ideas External links Google Images Cambridge Dictionary Wiktionary # servitude **Type:** Word **Level:** C2 **Part of speech:** noun **IPA (US):** /ˈsərvəˌt(j)ud/ **IPA (UK):** /ˈsɜːvɪtʃuːd/ **Frequency rank:** 28363 ## Meanings 1. state of subjection to an owner or master or forced labor imposed as punishment ## Examples - Penal servitude. ## Synonyms - bondage - thrall - captivity - enslavement ## Antonyms - autonomy - dominion ## Derived Forms - semiservitude - servitudinal - subservitude ## Related Forms - serf - serfdom - servant - servility - slavery - servile ## Roots and Affixes - Root: *ser- (guard) - Root: servitude - Root: servitūdō - Root: servus ## Etymology From Middle French servitude, from Latin servitūdō, from Latin servus (“slave”). Equivalent to serve + -itude. ## Topics - Abstract Ideas markdown