CAPTIVITY


Meaning of CAPTIVITY in English

n. confinement, imprisonment, internment, detention, custody, incarceration, restraint; bondage, slavery, thraldom or US also thralldom, enslavement, servitude; Archaic durance Some wild creatures do not survive in captivity Entire populations of conquered territories were taken into captivity in ancient times.

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