servitude

Example Sentences

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Viewers eventually learn Sophie’s servitude is forced after her parentage is revealed — she’s the illegitimate daughter of an earl.

From Los Angeles Times

The Declaration proclaimed all men created equal, yet the new nation’s economy depended on enslaved labor in the South and indentured servitude in the North.

From The Wall Street Journal

The way she sees it, she’s earned her sabbatical from domestic servitude.

From Salon

That also means that very soon Father will be freed from his servitude.

From Literature

Six seasons of TV and three feature films depict servitude as a benevolent state, sometimes verging on jolly.

From Salon