Servitude: alternatives and connections

The act of abolishing, or the state of being abolished; an annulling; abrogation; utter destruction; as, the abolition of slavery or t…

(Roman law) a formal award by a magistrate of a thing or person to another person (as the award of a debtor to their creditor); a surr…

One who is bound by indentures or by legal agreement to serve a mechanic, or other person, for a certain time, with a view to learn th…

A slave; one who is bound to service without wages.

The condition of a bond servant; service without wages; slavery.

A female slave, or one bound to service without wages, as distinguished from a hired servant.

A man slave, or one bound to service without wages.

A person in a state of slavery; one whose person and liberty are subjected to the authority of a master.

A woman who is a slave, or in bondage.

A state of being under control; subjection of the will or affections; bondage.

A tenure of lands by knight's service; that is, by the condition of a knight's performing service on horseback, or of performing some…

A compulsory enrollment of men for military or naval service; a draft.

A negro slave, during the Civil War, escaped to, or was brought within, the Union lines. Such slave was considered contraband of war.

To free from bondage or slavery; to disenthrall.

To set free from the power of another; to liberate; as: (a) To set free, as a minor from a parent; as, a father may emancipate a child…

The act of setting free from the power of another, from slavery, subjection, dependence, or controlling influence; also, the state of…

To reduce to slavery; to make a slave of; to subject to a dominant influence.

The act of reducing to slavery; state of being enslaved; bondage; servitude.