Associations to the word «Captivity»

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.

Wise words

Occasionally in life there are those moments of unutterable fulfillment which cannot be completely explained by those symbols called words. Their meanings can only be articulated by the inaudible language of the heart.
Martin Luther King Jr.