Servitude

Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

·noun Servants, collectively.

II. Servitude ·noun A right whereby one thing is subject to another thing or person for use or convenience, contrary to the common right.

III. Servitude ·noun The state of voluntary or compulsory subjection to a master; the condition of being bound to service; the condition of a slave; slavery; bondage; hence, a state of slavish dependence.