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America faces a fundamental choice: either the blessings of liberty or the servitude of liberalism. In the political struggle for survival, one or the other is headed for extinction.
Nancy Pearcey

Meaning of "servitude" in the English dictionary

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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD SERVITUDE

Via Old French from Latin servitūdō, from servus a slave.
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PRONUNCIATION OF SERVITUDE

servitude  [ˈsɜːvɪˌtjuːd] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF SERVITUDE

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Servitude is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES SERVITUDE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of servitude in the English dictionary

The definition of servitude in the dictionary is the state or condition of a slave; bondage. Other definition of servitude is the state or condition of being subjected to or dominated by a person or thing.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH SERVITUDE


altitude
ˈæltɪˌtjuːd
amplitude
ˈæmplɪˌtjuːd
aptitude
ˈæptɪˌtjuːd
attitude
ˈætɪˌtjuːd
certitude
ˈsɜːtɪˌtjuːd
exactitude
ɪɡˈzæktɪˌtjuːd
finitude
ˈfɪnɪˌtjuːd
fortitude
ˈfɔːtɪˌtjuːd
gratitude
ˈɡrætɪˌtjuːd
habitude
ˈhæbɪˌtjuːd
incertitude
ɪnˈsɜːtɪˌtjuːd
latitude
ˈlætɪˌtjuːd
longitude
ˈlɒndʒɪˌtjuːd
magnitude
ˈmæɡnɪˌtjuːd
multitude
ˈmʌltɪˌtjuːd
negritude
ˈniːɡrɪˌtjuːd
plenitude
ˈplɛnɪˌtjuːd
solicitude
səˈlɪsɪˌtjuːd
solitude
ˈsɒlɪˌtjuːd
verisimilitude
ˌvɛrɪsɪˈmɪlɪˌtjuːd

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE SERVITUDE

servicing
servient
servient tenement
serviette
serviette ring
servile
servile work
servilely
servileness
servilism
servility
serving
serving dish
serving hatch
serving spoon
servitor
servitorial
servitorship
servitress
servlet

WORDS THAT END LIKE SERVITUDE

absolute magnitude
apparent magnitude
decrepitude
earthquake magnitude
inaptitude
ineptitude
inexactitude
infinitude
ingratitude
lassitude
line of latitude
line of longitude
order of magnitude
parallel of latitude
penal servitude
pulchritude
quietude
show-me attitude
the multitude
vicissitude
visual magnitude

Synonyms and antonyms of servitude in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «SERVITUDE»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «servitude» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of servitude

Translation of «servitude» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF SERVITUDE

Find out the translation of servitude to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of servitude from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «servitude» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

奴役
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

servidumbre
570 millions of speakers

English

servitude
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

दासता की हालत
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

العبودية
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

сервитут
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

servidão
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

বশ্যতা
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

servitude
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Perhambaan
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Knechtschaft
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

隷属
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

노예
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Servitude
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

hình phạt khổ sai
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

அடிமைப்பணி
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

गुलामगिरी
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

kölelik
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

schiavitù
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

służebność
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

сервітут
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

servitute
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

δουλεία
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

serwituut
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

träldom
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

trelldom
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of servitude

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «SERVITUDE»

The term «servitude» is quite widely used and occupies the 40.216 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «SERVITUDE» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «servitude» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «servitude» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about servitude

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10 QUOTES WITH «SERVITUDE»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word servitude.
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Georges Bataille
The sovereign being is burdened with a servitude that crushes him, and the condition of free men is deliberate servility.
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Bryan Cranston
I think if you believe in past lives, I must have been an extremely deprived being. I must have been mistreated, beaten, and forced into indentured servitude because this life has just been phenomenal.
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Jacque Fresco
Today we have access to highly advanced technologies. But our social and economic system has not kept up with our technological capabilities that could easily create a world of abundance, free of servitude and debt.
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Philip Hone
These poor wretches were stolen from their homes, carried to a strange country, and sold to servitude, from which they sought to escape on the first occasion which offered.
5
Ann Landers
People who care about each other enjoy doing things for one another. They don't consider it servitude.
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Kathleen Troia McFarland
Despite spending trillions of dollars and spilling the blood of thousands of Americans, we remain in servitude to Arab oil.
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John Lothrop Motley
The ferocious inroads of the Normans scared many weak and timid persons into servitude.
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Kwame Nkrumah
We prefer self-government with danger to servitude in tranquility.
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Ron Paul
Justifying conscription to promote the cause of liberty is one of the most bizarre notions ever conceived by man! Forced servitude, with the risk of death and serious injury as a price to live free, makes no sense.
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Nancy Pearcey
America faces a fundamental choice: either the blessings of liberty or the servitude of liberalism. In the political struggle for survival, one or the other is headed for extinction.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «SERVITUDE»

Discover the use of servitude in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to servitude and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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On Voluntary Servitude: False Consciousness and the Theory ...
This is a very rich and wide-ranging book in the history of ideas, written with philosophic rigor and great clarity.
Michael Rosen, 1996
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Cultures of Servitude: Modernity, Domesticity, and Class in ...
Employers and servants in Kolkata reveal through their own stories how their evolving culture of servitude has produced, preserved, and disrupted ideas of gender and class in India and beyond.
Raka Ray, Seemin Qayum, 2009
3
Servitude
This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923.
Irene Osgood, 2010
4
Citadel Of Servitude
In the Citadel of Servitude, every avenue of sexual love must be tested, every strange pleasure explored, and every taboo broken.
Aran Ashe, 2011
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Slavery and Servitude in Colonial North America: A Short History
This is an ideal introduction to an area that is crucial for understanding not just Colonial American society but also the later development of the United States.
Kenneth Morgan, 2001
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Servitude in Modern Times
This book offers a comparative analysis of the major systems of servitude present in the world since 1500.
M. L. Bush, 2000
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Colonists in Bondage: White Servitude and Convict Labor in ...
Drawing upon Scottish newspapers like the Aberdeen Journal, Fife Advertiser, Scottish Guardian, etc.
Abbot Emerson Smith, 1947
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German Immigration and Servitude in America, 1709-1920
This book provides the most comprehensive history of German migration to North America for the period 1709 to 1920 than has been done before, employing state-of-the-art methodological and statistical techniques.
Farley Grubb, 2013
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Political Independence with Linguistic Servitude: The ...
This book addresses important issues to the democratisation and development initiatives of developing countries.
Samuel Gyasi Obeng, Beverly Hartford, 2002
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White Servitude in the Colony of Virginia: A Study of the ...
The establishment of white servitude in the Americas is traced by Mr. Ballagh directly to the organization of the London Company, the division of the Virginia Company of London, which governed the Virginia colony.
James Curtis Ballagh, 1895

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «SERVITUDE»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term servitude is used in the context of the following news items.
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Media: Servitude (Gaslight Anthem, Poison the Well, Ensign) stream …
The band's debut EP, No Foxhole Prayers will see a proper release through Rosamilia's own Human Blood Records in late fall or early winter 2015. «Punknews.org, Jul 15»
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Man to stand trial for allegedly forcing vulnerable migrant in sexual …
The 25-year-old maintained not guilty pleas in the ACT Magistrates Court on Tuesday to charges of kidnap, sexual servitude, intentionally inflicting grievous ... «The Canberra Times, Jul 15»
3
Former state Rep. Hope remembered for servitude
Former state Rep. and Conroe attorney Ruben Hope passed away Friday, leaving behind a legacy of servitude and a “big footprint” from all he did for ... «Your Houston News, Jul 15»
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Why would a society insist on misery and servitude?
I do not like the word “tolerance” at all because it contains some kind of a favor, a grant. It is a show of thinking of one's self as superior and tolerating those who ... «Hurriyet Daily News, May 15»
5
Vulnerable woman allegedly forced into sexual servitude, beaten …
A vulnerable immigrant was allegedly forced into sexual servitude by a man who beat her, controlled her money and phone, and used a knife to carve his ... «The Canberra Times, May 15»
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Ohio couple charged with luring 3 victims into servitude
COLUMBUS, Ohio: A prosecutor says a central Ohio couple created a false identity online and began romantic relationships with three women to lure them into ... «Akron Beacon Journal, Apr 15»
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Apple Bans 'Bonded Servitude' at Supplier Factories Worldwide
Workers assemble products at the Logitech International SA factory in Suzhou, Jiangsu Province, China. Worker advocates such as China Labor Watch have ... «Bloomberg, Feb 15»
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Council rejects Houma resident's request to build on servitude
Since the gazebo would obstruct the parish servitude, the parish zoning board ... Parish officials said the servitude is necessary for the parish to maintain the ... «Daily Comet, Dec 14»
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Iver man made pair work and provide services for his family
A 35-year-old man from Buckinghamshire has been jailed for three years for keeping people in servitude. John Rooney, of Iver, was sentenced at Aylesbury ... «BBC News, Sep 14»
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Two charged with servitude offences in Dorset
Two people have been charged on suspicion of servitude offences after four people were removed from an address in Dorset. Mary Turner, 60, and David Porter ... «BBC News, Sep 14»

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