Captivity

n.	1.	The state of being a captive or a prisoner. More celebrated in his captivity that in his greatest triumphs. - Dryden.
	2.	A state of being under control; subjection of the will or affections; bondage. Sink in the soft captivity together. - Addison.

Noun	1.	captivity - 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" Synonyms: immurement, incarceration, imprisonment
	2.	captivity - the state of being a slave; "So every bondman in his own hand bears the power to cancel his captivity"--Shakespeare Synonyms: enslavement

absolutism, bond service, close arrest, control, debt slavery, deprivation of freedom, disenfranchisement, disfranchisement, domination, durance, durance vile, duress, enslavement, enthrallment, feudalism, feudality, helotism, helotry, house arrest, immuration, immurement, incarceration, indentureship, internment, jailing, peonage, restraint, serfdom, serfhood, servility, servitude, slavery, subjection, subjugation, term of imprisonment, thrall, thralldom, tyranny, vassalage, villenage

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