servage

Definitions of servage
  1. noun
    abject or cringing submissiveness
    synonyms: obséquiosité, obéissance, servilité, soumission
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    types:
    flagornerie
    fawning obsequiousness
    type of:
    soumission
    the trait of being willing to yield to the will of another person or a superior force etc.
  2. noun
    the state of a serf
    synonyms: esclavage
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    type of:
    esclavage, sujétion
    the state of being under the control of another person
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