Captivity - Definition

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: captivity, 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, captivity]