Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. The state or period of being imprisoned, confined, or enslaved.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. The state of being a prisoner, or of coming into the power of an enemy by force or the fortune of war.
- n. Subjection; the state of being under control; bondage; servitude.
- n. Captives collectively; a body of captives.
- n. Synonyms Imprisonment, Captivity, Confinement, Incarceration, Immurement. There is the same distinction between imprisonment and captivity as between prisoner and captive. (See captive.) Confinement is the most general word for being kept within bounds against one's will, as by force or sickness; we speak of solitary confinement, and figuratively, of too great confinement (though voluntary) to one's books. Incarceration is the being put into a jail or prison; the word is rhetorical, suggesting ignominy, with narrow range and great safeguards against escape. Immurement, literally shutting within walls, is now freely figurative; in either sense it suggests depth of separation or seclusion from friends, home, or the world, and small likelihood of getting or coming out. (See servitude and serf.)
Wiktionary
- n. The state of being captive.
- n. obsolete A group of people/beings captive.
- n. The state or period of being imprisoned, confined, or enslaved.
GNU Webster's 1913
- n. The state of being a captive or a prisoner.
- n. A state of being under control; subjection of the will or affections; bondage.
WordNet 3.0
- n. the state of being a slave
- n. the state of being imprisoned
Etymologies
- Form of captive, from the Middle English captive, from the Latin captivus. Entered into the English lexicon around 14c. (Wiktionary)
Examples
“At present, the total number of pandas in captivity is more than 300, while approximately 1,600 continue to reside in the wild.”
“U.S. soldier known to be in captivity is Pfc. Bowe Bergdahl of”
“Organizers could set up a foundation to collect cash for Pan, whose life expectancy in captivity is about 60 years.”
“Holding an ape 75 years in captivity is something to celebrate???”
“Why the rhinos fare badly in captivity is not known, but it might be that they find small enclosures and exposure to sunlight too stressful.”
“John Burroughs has stated that experimental study of animals in captivity is absolutely useless.”
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““Whales in captivity is obviously a problematic thing,” says Alan Franey, the VIFF director, four days before the fest.”
“The captivity, which is the punishment of thy iniquity, is accomplished (Isa.xl. 2), and he will no longer keep thee in captivity; so it may be read, as well as, he will no more carry thee into captivity; he will turn again thy captivity and work a glorious release for thee.”
“To be conquered by the sin; it overcomes them, and brings them into bondage (2 Pet.ii. 19); they are led captive by it, and the captivity is the more shameful and inglorious because it is voluntary.”
“The bill states that captured wildlife should not be kept in "captivity" for longer than 36 hours.”
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Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘captivity’.
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Linda(G4)
Accurate, address, afford, alert, analyze, ancestor, annual, apparent, arena, arrest, ascend, assist and 126 more...
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US - war on terror
mirandize, heavily-guarded h..., capture, manhunt, shootout, bloodied, suspect, gunshot wound, citywide lockdown, house-by-house se..., intelligence oppo..., naturalized Ameri... and 463 more...
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®emovies
Movies or TV shows where the titles are also common words, generally one-word titles.
lost, alien, bug, elephant, siege, gladiator, flock, captivity, piano, roots, freaks, moonstruck and 269 more...
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RELI - words with Biblical connotations
Words in the Bible evoking biblical stories or with special spiritual meaning. Proper names have been reduced to the minimum.
ark, judgement, holy, saint, baptism, spirit, love, eternal, altar, balsam, covenant, flood and 1115 more...
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Grade 4
Accurate, address, afford, alert, analyze, ancrstor, ancestor, annual, apparent, appropriate, arena, arrest and 29 more...
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Words that relate to Pandas
panda-like, attack, bamboo, China, endangered, bear, forest, jungle, canopy, cub, play, roll and 10 more...
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vocabs
to learn
fond, fuss, unhinged, syndication, mayhem, invoke, nostalgia, bizarre, blatantly, condemn, comrade, captivity and 89 more...
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junestag's Words
postmodernism, cat, fish, rabbit, dell, coffee, elearning, mazda, php, mysql, flash, blogger and 755 more...
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Jennifer's LIST
accurate, address, afford, alert, analyze, ancestor, annual, appropriate, apparent, arena, arrest, ascend and 28 more...
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MEC4 Lesson 155
colonel, commander, major, escape, bide, captured, legal point, Singapore, surrender, mind you, infraction, military law and 38 more...
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Body|Movement
viscera, shiver, adrenaline, metastasis, cadaver, jostling, ravish, swagger, thrive, convalesce, earworm, breath and 16 more...
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