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servitude

[sur-vi-tood, -tyood] / ˈsɜr vɪˌtud, -ˌtyud /


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Critics of conscription argued that forcing individuals into military service under threat of imprisonment was a clear example of involuntary servitude.

From Slate • Apr. 15, 2026

Sara suddenly found herself unwillingly living a life of servitude.

From BBC • Dec. 2, 2025

The Declaration proclaimed all men created equal, yet the new nation’s economy depended on enslaved labor in the South and indentured servitude in the North.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 30, 2025

Six seasons of TV and three feature films depict servitude as a benevolent state, sometimes verging on jolly.

From Salon • Nov. 1, 2025

Immediately, and in every instance, they will return to them, just as Pisa did after one hundred years of being held in servitude by the Florentines.

From "The Prince" by Niccolò Machiavelli




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