ser·vi·tude 
(sûrvĭ-td′, -tyd′)
(sûrvĭ-td′, -tyd′)n.
1.
a. A state of subjection to an owner or master.
b. Lack of personal freedom, as to act as one chooses.
2. Forced labor imposed as a punishment for crime: penal servitude in labor camps.
3. Law An easement.
[Middle English, from Old French, from Late Latin servitūdō, from Latin servus, slave.]