villeinage

Main Entry:
villeinage [vil-uh-nij]
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: slavery
Synonyms: bondage, bullwork, captivity, chains constraint, drudge, drudgery, enslavement, enthrallment, feudalism, grind*, helotry, indenture, labor, menial labor, moil, peonage, restraint, serfdom, serfhood, servileness, servility, servitude, subjection, subjugation, thrall, thralldom, toil, vassalage, work, yoke
Main Entry: servileness
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: slavery
Synonyms: bondage, bullwork, captivity, chains constraint, drudge, drudgery, enslavement, enthrallment, feudalism, grind*, helotry, indenture, labor, menial labor, moil, peonage, restraint, serfdom, serfhood, servility, servitude, subjection, subjugation, thrall, thralldom, toil, vassalage, villeinage, work, yoke
Main Entry: servility
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: slavery
Synonyms: bondage, bullwork, captivity, chains constraint, drudge, drudgery, enslavement, enthrallment, feudalism, grind*, helotry, indenture, labor, menial labor, moil, peonage, restraint, serfdom, serfhood, servileness, servitude, subjection, subjugation, thrall, thralldom, toil, vassalage, villeinage, work, yoke
Main Entry: thralldom
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: slavery
Synonyms: bondage, bullwork, captivity, chains constraint, drudge, drudgery, enslavement, enthrallment, feudalism, grind*, helotry, indenture, labor, menial labor, moil, peonage, restraint, serfdom, serfhood, servileness, servility, servitude, subjection, subjugation, thrall, toil, vassalage, villeinage, work, yoke
Concept Thesaurus
Concept: Servility.
Category: 4. Extrinsic Affections
Synonyms:
-nouns
servility; slavery (subjection); obsequiousness; subserviency; abasement; prostration, prosternation; genuflection (worship); fawning; tuft- hunting, timeserving, flunkeyism; sycophancy (flattery); humility., sycophant, parasite; toad, toady, toad-eater; tufthunter; snob, flunkey, lapdog, spaniel, lickspittle, smell-feast, Graeculus esuriens, hanger-on, cavaliere servente, led captain, carpet knight; timeserver, fortune hunter, Vicar of Bray, Sir-Pertinax, Max Sycophant, pickthank; flatterer; doer of dirty work; ame damnee, tool; reptile; slave (servant); courtier; beat, dead beat, doughface [U. S], heeler [U. S.], homme de cour, sponger, sucker, tagtail, truckler.
-verbs
cringe, bow, stoop, kneel, bend the knee; fall on one's knees, prostrate oneself; worship., sneak, crawl, crouch, cower, sponge, truckle to, grovel, fawn, lick the feet of, kiss the hem of one's garment., pay court to; feed on, fatten on, dance attendance on, pin oneself upon, hang on the sleeve of, avaler les couleuvres, keep time to, fetch and carry, do the dirty work of., go with the stream, worship the rising sun, hold with the hare and run with the hounds.
-adjectives
servile, obsequious; supple,supple as a glove; soapy, oily, pliant, cringing, abased, dough-faced, fawning, slavish, groveling, sniveling, mealy-mouthed; beggarly, sycophantic, parasitical; abject, prostrate, down on ones marrowbones; base, mean, sneaking; crouching
-adverbs
hat in hand, cap in hand.
Antonyms: insolence
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