(n.) The state or condition of a serf.

abjectness absolutism attendance baseness bond service bondage captivity control debt slavery deprivation of freedom disenfranchisement disfranchisement domination employ employment enslavement enthrallment feudalism feudality helotism helotry indentureship meanness menialness ministration ministry peonage restraint serfhood servility servitium servitorship servitude slavery slavishness subjection subjugation submissiveness subservience subserviency tendance thrall thralldom tyranny vassalage villenage yoke