captivity

captivity is a 9-letter English word with 4 senses as noun in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: The state of being a captive or a prisoner. Face value is 19 in Scrabble and 21 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

9 letters · Scrabble 19 · Words With Friends 21 · 4 senses

Definitions

1. noun. The state of being a captive or a prisoner.
2. noun. A state of being under control; subjection of the will or affections; bondage.
3. noun. the state of being a slave--Shakespeare

   "So every bondman in his own hand bears the power to cancel his captivity"

   Synonyms: enslavement

4. noun. the state of being imprisoned

   "he was held in captivity until he died"

   "the imprisonment of captured soldiers"

   Synonyms: immurement, imprisonment, incarceration

Synonyms

enslavement, immurement, imprisonment, incarceration

Common word forms

captivities

Words from these letters

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