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Held in servitude
Answer for the clue "Held in servitude ", 6 letters:
unfree
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Word definitions for unfree in dictionaries
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Unfree \Un*free"\, a. Not free; held in bondage. There had always been a slave class, a class of the unfree, among the English as among all German peoples. --J. R. Green
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
c.1300, from un- (1) "not" + free (adj.). Similar formation in Middle Dutch onvri , Old High German unfri , German unfrei , Middle Danish ufri .
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
adj. hampered and not free; not able to act at will [ant: free ]
Usage examples of unfree.
Economic forces were already propelling the decline of villeinage, and commutation continued, despite the crushing of the revolt, until the unfree peasant gradually disappeared.