1. The state of being imprisoned
   "he was held in captivity until he died"
   - imprisonment, incarceration, immurement 
2. The state of being a slave
   "So every bondman in his own hand bears the power to cancel his captivity"
   - enslavement

Derived forms: captivities

See also: captive

Type of: confinement, subjection, subjugation

Encyclopedia: Captivity

• stomatitis
• stomatology
• stomatopod
• stomatopod crustacean
• Stomatopoda
• stomatous
• stomodaeum
• stomodeum
• stomp
• stomper
• stomping ground
• stone
• Stone Age
• stone bass
• stone bramble
• stone breaker
• stone crab
• stone curlew
• stone drill
• stone facing
• stone fruit
• stone life face
• stone marten
• stone mimicry plant
• stone parsley