/serr"vi toohd', -tyoohd'/ , n.
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.
[ 1425-75; late ME servitudo, equiv. to servi-, comb. form of servus slave + -tudo, -TUDE ]
Syn. 1. serfdom, thralldom. See slavery .
Ant. 1. liberty.