Synonyms for captivity

Grammar : Noun

Spell : kap-tiv-i-tee

Phonetic Transcription : kæpˈtɪv ɪ ti

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Définition of captivity

Origin : late 14c., Old French *captivite or directly from Latin captivitatem (nominative captivitas), from captivus (see captive (n.)). An Old English cognate word for it was gehæftnes (see haft).

noun physical detention by force

Example sentences :

His own sister's child, he said, was thus held in captivity.
Extract from : « The Works of Whittier, Volume V (of VII) » by John Greenleaf Whittier

Content to starve, content to freeze, if only he need not be carried into captivity.
Extract from : « The Village Watch-Tower » by (AKA Kate Douglas Riggs) Kate Douglas Wiggin

Were not the chosen people themselves overthrown and led into captivity?
Extract from : « Micah Clarke » by Arthur Conan Doyle

Is it possible to do nothing to redeem these poor people, father, from captivity?
Extract from : « Homeward Bound » by James Fenimore Cooper

At Tamvot 250 Armenians were massacred and the women carried into captivity.
Extract from : « The Story of the Great War, Volume III (of VIII) » by Various

He was however, overtaken, and carried into captivity to their towns.
Extract from : « Chronicles of Border Warfare » by Alexander Scott Withers

But it was not their intention to carry them into captivity.
Extract from : « Chronicles of Border Warfare » by Alexander Scott Withers

Of those who were carried into captivity, none ever returned.
Extract from : « Chronicles of Border Warfare » by Alexander Scott Withers

Among these was Jean Macquart, who along with Maurice had escaped from captivity.
Extract from : « A Zola Dictionary » by J. G. Patterson

She would be able to see what this uncanny thing was that shared her captivity.
Extract from : « The Film of Fear » by Arnold Fredericks

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