captivity

captivity has 4 senses in the JumbleFix dictionary. Letters: 9.

Definitions

• n.. The state of being a captive or a prisoner.
• n.. A state of being under control; subjection of the will or affections; bondage.
• n.. the state of being a slave; "So every bondman in his own hand bears the power to cancel his captivity"--Shakespeare
• n.. 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"