Captivity (Noun)
Meaning 1
The state of being a slave; "So every bondman in his own hand bears the power to cancel his captivity"--Shakespeare.
Classification
Nouns denoting natural processes.
Examples
- The young slave girl dreamed of escaping her captivity and finding freedom in the distant lands beyond the mountains.
- The harsh conditions of his captivity made him realize the true value of the freedom he once took for granted.
- For centuries, the clan was held in captivity by their conquerors, forced to work as servants and laborers.
- As a child born into captivity, she never knew the meaning of freedom until the day of her release.
- The former slave stood bravely before the crowd, recounting the hardships and cruelty he endured during his years of captivity.
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Meaning 2
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".
Classification
Nouns denoting natural processes.
Examples
- The lioness has spent its entire life in captivity in the zoo and is in desperate need of release back into the wild.
- A dozen innocent villagers were held in captivity for ransom by the outlaws who were known to demand steep payments for safe releases.
- Several politicians accused of embezzlement spent their trials while already being kept under guard in a secure room away from media glare that brought focus on captivity endured in name of lawful proceeding of corrupt governmental persons
- These mammals struggle under certain behaviors with inability bred for inability coping developed largely throughout continued ongoing of over duration due as lives entire spans undergone here over constant holding still such with confined even seen reduced loss function free freedom native.
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