captivity

Từ điển Oxford Learners Wordfinder Dictionary

noun

1. the state of being imprisoned (Freq. 2)
- 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
• Syn:
imprisonment, incarceration, immurement
• Derivationally related forms:
immure (for: immurement), incarcerate (for: incarceration), imprison (for: imprisonment), captive
• Hypernyms:
confinement
• Hyponyms:
durance, life imprisonment, internment
2. the state of being a slave (Freq. 1)
- "So every bondman in his own hand bears the power to cancel his captivity"--Shakespeare
• Syn:
enslavement
• Derivationally related forms:
captive
• Hypernyms:
subjugation, subjection

• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms:
  enslavement, imprisonment, incarceration, immurement