Defenition of the word captivity

• Defenition of the word captivity

  • The state or period of being held, imprisoned.
  • the state of being imprisoned; "he was held in captivity until he died"; "the imprisonment of captured soldiers"; "his ignominious incarceration in the local jail"; "he practiced the immurement of his enemies in the castle dungeon"
  • the state of being a slave; "So every bondman in his own hand bears the power to cancel his captivity"--Shakespeare
  • the state of being a slave
  • the state of being imprisoned

Synonyms for the word captivity

• • confinement
  • custody
  • detention
  • enslavement
  • immurement
  • imprisonment
  • incarceration
  • internment

Similar words in the captivity

• • captivity
  • captivity's

Hyponyms for the word captivity

• • durance
  • internment
  • life imprisonment

Hypernyms for the word captivity

• • confinement
  • subjection
  • subjugation

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