captivity

Nouns

  • (n) 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
    immurement, incarceration, imprisonment,
  • (n) the state of being a slave
    • "So every bondman in his own hand bears the power to cancel his captivity"--Shakespeare
    enslavement,

Synonyms

immurement incarceration imprisonment enslavement

Words of close approximity