captivity
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(noun) 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" |
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Synonyms: immurement, imprisonment, incarceration |
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Related Words: confinement, durance, internment |
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(noun) the state of being a slave; "So every bondman in his own hand bears the power to cancel his captivity"--Shakespeare |
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Synonyms: enslavement |
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Related Words: bondage, peonage, slavery, subjection, subjugation, thraldom, thrall, thralldom |
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