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captivity
captivity
n 1: 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" [syn: {imprisonment}, {incarceration}, {immurement}]
2: the state of being a slave; "So every bondman in his own
hand bears the power to cancel his captivity"--Shakespeare
[syn: {enslavement}]
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