servitude
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But Haitians understand the horror of zombies to be one of dispossession, a curse enacted by enslavers that binds victims to mindless servitude, denying them liberation in the afterlife.
From Salon ● Oct. 31, 2026
The chief of staff job listing is either an “amazing opportunity” or indentured servitude, depending on whom you ask.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 17, 2026
Her enslaver, Philemon T. Hambleton—who may well have been her biological father—refused to release her from servitude.
From Slate ● Jul. 27, 2026
"Normally in an employment tribunal, the worker has been dismissed, they have no income, they have nothing to live on, and a delay of five years is effectively economic servitude for that person."
From BBC ● May 20, 2026
Free from families, my mother would live for two years without servitude.
From "The Woman Warrior" by Maxine Hong Kingston
Vocabulary lists containing servitude
13th Amendment (1865)
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The Universal Declaration of Human Rights (1948)
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Michelle Obama's Speech at the 2016 DNC
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