CAPTIVITY
Dictionary entry overview: What does captivity mean?
• CAPTIVITY (noun)
The noun CAPTIVITY has 2 senses:
1. the state of being imprisoned
2. the state of being a slave
Familiarity information: CAPTIVITY used as a noun is rare.
Dictionary entry details
• CAPTIVITY (noun)
Meaning:
The state of being imprisoned
Classified under:
Nouns denoting stable states of affairs
Synonyms:
captivity; immurement; incarceration; imprisonment
Context examples:
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 ("captivity" is a kind of...):
confinement (the state of being confined)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "captivity"):
durance (imprisonment (especially for a long time))
life imprisonment (a sentence of imprisonment until death)
internment (confinement during wartime)
Meaning:
The state of being a slave
Classified under:
Nouns denoting stable states of affairs
Synonyms:
enslavement; captivity
Context example:
So every bondman in his own hand bears the power to cancel his captivity
Hypernyms ("captivity" is a kind of...):
subjection; subjugation (forced submission to control by others)
