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Meaning of captivity

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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:

  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: {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}]

Source : WordNet ® Princeton University. 2010.

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