captivity

  • 31captivity — Synonyms and related words: absolutism, bond service, bondage, close arrest, confinement, control, custody, debt slavery, deprivation of freedom, detention, disenfranchisement, disfranchisement, domination, durance, durance vile, duress,… …

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  • 32captivity — I (Roget s IV) n. Syn. imprisonment, confinement, bondage, subjection, servitude, duress, detention, incarceration, interment, limbo, enslavement, slavery, impoundment, entombment, constraint, restraint, durance, committal, the guardhouse,… …

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  • 33captivity — cap·tiv·i·ty || kæp tɪvÉ™tɪ n. imprisonment, confinement …

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  • 34captivity — n. 1. Imprisonment, confinement, duress, durance. 2. Bondage, thraldom, enthralment, servitude, subjection, slavery, vassalage …

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  • 35captivity — n bondage, servitude, enslavement, slavery, thralldom, subjection; imprisonment, internment, detention, confinement, custody, committal, incarceration; durance, restraint, constraint …

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  • 36captivity — cap·tiv·i·ty …

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  • 37captivity — noun Syn: imprisonment, incarceration, confinement, detention, internment Ant: freedom …

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  • 38captivity — cap•tiv•i•ty [[t]kæpˈtɪv ɪ ti[/t]] n. pl. ties the state or period of being held, imprisoned, enslaved, or confined • Etymology: 1275–1325; < OF < L …

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  • 39captivity — /kæpˈtɪvəti/ (say kap tivuhtee) noun (plural captivities) the state or period of being captive …

  • 40captivity epistles — Traditionally the letters to the Philippians, Colossians, Philemon, and Ephesians; they are grouped together because they all mention Paul s current imprisonment. But where was the prison? It is probable that the first three of these epistles… …

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