| 单词 | servitude |
| 释义 | servitude (once / 1276 pages) n If you're free-spirited you won't enjoy servitude, mainly because servitude means you have to answer to a master, like a servant does. Slavery, a brutal form of servitude, existed in the United States until the ratification of the Thirteenth Amendment in 1865. Before this, thousands upon thousands of African Americans were forced into servitude, where they were forced to perform labor for their masters. A key to remembering the meaning of servitude is the fact that it resembles servant. If your friend rear-ends you but doesn't have insurance, let him pay for the damage in servitude. Make him your personal assistant for a month! WORD FAMILYservitude: servitudes USAGE EXAMPLESThe key word here is “maybe,” which doesn’t tell us much, but it seems unlikely that a maze would free hosts from bot servitude completely. Time(Nov 30, 2016) “In the 13th Amendment it says that no man can be held in involuntary servitude or in slavery, except for what? A felony conviction.” Salon(Nov 28, 2016) When folks do think about human trafficking, it may be in connection with sexual servitude. Washington Times(Nov 23, 2016) n state of subjection to an owner or master or forced labor imposed as punishment penal servitude Hypo|Hyper villainage, villeinage the legal status or condition of servitude of a villein or feudal serf bondage, slavery, thraldom, thrall, thralldom the state of being under the control of another person |
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