Definitions for: Captivity

[n] the state of being a slave; "So every bondman in his own hand bears the power to cancel his captivity"--Shakespeare
[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"

Webster (1913) Definition: Cap*tiv"i*ty, n. [L. captivitas: cf. F.
captivit['e].]
1. The state of being a captive or a prisoner.

More celebrated in his captivity that in his
greatest triumphs. --Dryden.

2. A state of being under control; subjection of the will or
affections; bondage.

Sink in the soft captivity together. --Addison.

Syn: Imprisonment; confinement; bondage; subjection;
servitude; slavery; thralldom; serfdom.

Synonyms: enslavement, immurement, imprisonment, incarceration

See Also: bondage, confinement, durance, internment, life imprisonment, peonage, slavery, subjection, subjugation, thraldom, thrall, thralldom

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