Captivity

/kæpˈtɪvɪti/

Synonyms for "captivity" (61 found)

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Closest matches (13)

Noun(7 words)

imprisonment incarcerationanimal confinementcaging confinement constraint control

absolutismbond servicebondageclose arrestconfinement control

Strong matches (18)

custodydebt slaverydeprivation of freedomdetention disenfranchisement disfranchisement domination durancedurance vileduress enslavement enthrallment feudalism feudality

Noun(4 words)

detention dungeon enclosure enslavement

Related words (30)

helotism helotryhouse arrestimmuration immurement imprisonment incarceration indentureship internment jailing peonage restraint serfdom serfhood servility servitude slavery subjection subjugationterm of imprisonment

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thrall thralldom tyranny vassalage villenage

Noun(5 words)

immurement oppression penning slaving subjugation

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More general

8 entries

coercion confinement constraint controldeprivation of libertyrestraint subjection subjugation

More specific

9 entries

caging detentioneconomic captivityenclosureideological captivityimprisonment incarcerationintellectual captivitypenning

Collocations

5 entries

animal captivitycaptivity narrativescaptivity ratecaptivity statisticscaptivity studies

Inflections

1 entries

captivities

Derivations

1 entries

captivation

Sample sentences

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He was held in captivity.

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I think that dolphins should not be kept in captivity.

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Tom fled from captivity several times.

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After seven years of wartime captivity, Tom was a broken man.

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