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: {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}]