CAPTIVITY as NOUN

1. Meaning
   • the state of being a slave
   Synonym(s)
   • enslavement (what does enslavement mean?)
   Usage Example(s)
   • So every bondman in his own hand bears the power to cancel his captivity–Shakespeare
   Hypernyms(s) captivity is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • subjugation (what does subjugation mean?)
   • subjection (what does subjection mean?)
2. Meaning
   • the state of being imprisoned
   Synonym(s)
   • immurement (what does immurement mean?)
   • imprisonment (what does imprisonment mean?)
   • incarceration (what does incarceration mean?)
   Usage Example(s)
   • 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
   Hypernyms(s) captivity is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • confinement (what does confinement mean?)
   Hyponym(s)
   • durance (what does durance mean?)
   • life imprisonment (what does life imprisonment mean?)
   • internment (what does internment mean?)
   Derived(s)
   • imprison (what does imprison mean?)
   • incarcerate (what does incarcerate mean?)
   • lag (what does lag mean?)
   • immure (what does immure mean?)
   • put behind bars (what does put behind bars mean?)
   • jail (what does jail mean?)
   • jug (what does jug mean?)
   • gaol (what does gaol mean?)
   • put away (what does put away mean?)
   • remand (what does remand mean?)
   • imprison (what does imprison mean?)
   • incarcerate (what does incarcerate mean?)
   • lag (what does lag mean?)
   • immure (what does immure mean?)
   • put behind bars (what does put behind bars mean?)
   • jail (what does jail mean?)
   • jug (what does jug mean?)
   • gaol (what does gaol mean?)
   • put away (what does put away mean?)
   • remand (what does remand mean?)
   • imprison (what does imprison mean?)