Result from Foreign Dictionaries (2 entries found)
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Captivity \Cap*tiv"i*ty\, n. [L. captivitas: cf. F.
captivit['e].]
1. The state of being a captive or a prisoner.
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More celebrated in his captivity that in his
greatest triumphs. --Dryden.
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2. A state of being under control; subjection of the will or
affections; bondage.
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Sink in the soft captivity together. --Addison.
Syn: Imprisonment; confinement; bondage; subjection;
servitude; slavery; thralldom; serfdom.
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
captivity
n 1: 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" [syn: {captivity}, {imprisonment},
{incarceration}, {immurement}]
2: the state of being a slave; "So every bondman in his own hand
bears the power to cancel his captivity"--Shakespeare [syn:
{enslavement}, {captivity}]
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