All 5 Uses of
servitude
in
Jane Eyre
- I abandoned it and framed a humbler supplication; for change, stimulus: that petition, too, seemed swept off into vague space: "Then," I cried, half desperate, "grant me at least a new servitude!"†
p. 102.2
- A new servitude!†
p. 102.5 *
- But Servitude!†
p. 102.7
- In truth it was humble — but then it was sheltered, and I wanted a safe asylum: it was plodding — but then, compared with that of a governess in a rich house, it was independent; and the fear of servitude with strangers entered my soul like iron: it was not ignoble — not unworthy — not mentally degrading, I made my decision.†
p. 408.8
- But I did not love my servitude: I wished, many a time, he had continued to neglect me.†
p. 459.5
Definition:
to be under another's control -- especially subject to forced labor