Servitude
noun
1.
slavery or bondage of any kind:
political or intellectual servitude.
2.
compulsory service or labor as a punishment for criminals:
penal servitude.
3.
Law. a right possessed by one person to use another’s property.
noun
1.
the state or condition of a slave; bondage
2.
the state or condition of being subjected to or dominated by a person or thing: servitude to drink
3.
(law) a burden attaching to an estate for the benefit of an adjoining estate or of some definite person See also easement
4.
short for penal servitude
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