Definition of Servitude

the situation in which one individual controls another person’s life

Examples of Servitude in a sentence

After paying off his debts, the man was finally able to leave his life of servitude and work for himself.  🔊

My daughter has to work in servitude until she can earn enough money to replace the big-screened television she broke.  🔊

To come to a new country, many people enter into servitude and work as unpaid labor until their travel expenses are repaid.  🔊

Slaves were bred for servitude with their main purpose being to obey their owners.  🔊

According to the news, my rich neighbor was arrested for keeping an immigrant in involuntary servitude.  🔊

Once Abel’s servitude to his employer was over, he planned on starting his own business.  🔊

In the old days, judges would often sentence prisoners to disciplinary servitude in which they would perform menial labor for many years.  🔊

Many slaves ran away to escape their lives of unending servitude.  🔊

Sadly, the pimp has no plans to let the young girl escape her life of servitude.  🔊

The maid spent her entire life in servitude so she could put her daughter through college.  🔊

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