Synonym: enslavement, immurement, imprisonment, incarceration. Similar words: captive, captivate, captivation, captivating, activity, festivity, inactivity, creativity. Meaning: [kæp'tɪvətɪ] 
n. 1. the state of being imprisoned 2. the state of being a slave.
n. 1. the state of being imprisoned 2. the state of being a slave. 
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1, Children were held in captivity until British soldiers entered the village.
2, They prayed for an early deliverance from captivity.
3, These animals rarely thrive in captivity.
4, Pandas rarely mate in captivity.
5, The prisoners were released from captivity after three months.
6, He was held in captivity for three years.
7, The hostages were released from captivity.
8, The bird had escaped from captivity.
9, Wild animals don't breed well in captivity.
10, She was tortured many times during her captivity.
11, Captivity vastly reduces the life span of whales.
12, The birds have been successfully reared in captivity.
13, They were in captivity for a week.
14, Wild animals do not always breed well in captivity.
15, All the hostages, when released from captivity,[http://sentencedict.com/captivity.html] looked remarkably fit and well.
16, Animals bred in captivity would probably not survive if they were released into the wild.
17, Elephants in captivity usually live 40 to 45 years.
18, Two men remain in captivity.
19, In his autobiography(sentencedict.com), Mandela describes his life during captivity.
20, Both escaped from captivity but only George survived.
21, Now six of these species only survive in captivity.
22, Those who were not dead marched away into captivity.
23, It is often difficult to get animals to mate in captivity.
24, A zoo is a place where live animals are kept in captivity for the public to see.
25, The great majority of barn owls are reared in captivity.
26, The zoo is doing major conservation work, both in captivity and in the field.
27, His resolve was even more hardened to escape from captivity although it was impossible.
28, They managed to draw him out from him a full account of his escape from captivity.
29, An American missionary was released today after more than two months of captivity.
30, It is observed that many animals do not breed when in captivity.
More similar words: captive, captivate, captivation, captivating, activity, festivity, inactivity, creativity, sensitivity, objectivity, subjectivity, conductivity, connectivity, productivity, collectivity, radioactivity, caption, captious, adaptive, declivity, proclivity, aggressivity, capture, captain, baptism, aptitude, bell captain, contraption, aptitude test, cavity.