Last Updated ：2025/11/20

servitude

IPA(Pronunciation)

Noun

countable uncountable dated obsolete archaic

The state of being a slave; slavery; being forced to work for others or do their bidding without one's consent or against one's will, either in perpetuity or for a period of time over which one has little or no control.

Japanese Meaning

奴隷状態（自分の意志に反して他者に従属させられる状態） / 隷属（自由を欠いた状態、特に奴隷制度下の状態） / 強制労働（本人の同意なく、他者の命令に従って働かされる状態）

What is this buttons?

After generations of unpaid labor and broken promises, the villagers were finally freed from servitude.

Google Translation / DeepL Translation

何世代にもわたる無給労働と裏切られた約束の末、村人たちはようやく奴隷状態から解放された。

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Sense（1）

In spite of the importance of this route it remained until a few years ago very insecure. Overhung almost its entire length by the inaccessible fastnesses of Lololand, the passing caravans dared journey only with convoy, and even then were frequently overwhelmed by raiders from the hills, who carried off both trader and goods into the mountains, the former to lifelong servitude.

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Sense（2）

(law) A qualified beneficial interest severed or fragmented from the ownership of an inferior property and attached to a superior property or to some person other than the owner; the most common form is an easement.

Sense（3）

(dated) Service rendered in the army or navy.

Sense（4）

(obsolete) Servants collectively.

Sense（5）

(archaic) The act of serving (food or drink, etc.); service.

The usual routine of confections and pastry follows, after which a galore of fruits of all kinds, with a chassè of excellent Mocha, the immediate servitude of which, after good dining, is, I think, universally acknowledged to be a great exhiliration.

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