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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61, James was released from captivity but not from his nobles' displeasure, incited largely by the scheming Red Douglas family.
62, To do so you would have to keep careful pedigree records of caddises bred in captivity, and breeding them is difficult.
63, There is a rapidly growing number in Britain who regard dolphins in captivity as similar to humans in slavery.
64, There are now only 3,000 breeding pairs in the wild, but there are up to 30,000 in captivity.
65, Most of us were born in captivity where domestication and maturation work hand in hand.
66, The difference becomes crucially important when animals are brought into captivity, as in zoos or menageries.
67, Tropical marine invertebrates, unlike marine fish which are notoriously difficult to successfully breed in captivity, are far more accommodating.
68, From this you have probably guessed that this species can be bred 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.