Associations to the word «Captivity»
Noun
- Species
- Crusade
- Salamander
- Reptile
- Desolation
- Abduction
- Regency
- Ape
- Shark
- Consolation
- Wandering
- Monkey
- Frog
- Calf
- Talmud
- Moses
- Finch
- Bird
- Chameleon
- Oppression
- Anjou
- Boniface
- Kitten
- Reproduction
- Tasmanian
- Conservation
- Humidity
- Slave
- Reproach
- Maratha
- Calamity
- Constantinople
- Breeder
- Wildlife
- Ordeal
- Snarl
- Keeping
- Eyewitness
- Obedience
- Freedom
- Slavery
- Byzantine
- Mather
- Isa
- Feeding
- Custody
- Quail
- Cruelty
- Boone
- Solomon
- Baldwin
- Prey
- Memoir
- Chronicler
- Spoil
- Soviets
- Survivor
- Worm
- Savage
- Span
- Carton
- Ark
- Misery
Adjective
Adverb
Wiktionary
CAPTIVITY, noun. The state of being captive.
CAPTIVITY, noun. (obsolete) A group of people/beings captive.
CAPTIVITY, noun. The state or period of being imprisoned, confined, or enslaved.
Dictionary definition
CAPTIVITY, 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".
CAPTIVITY, 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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