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Another word for captivity

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Noun
  1. See also:

    slavery

    restraint

    pen

    jail

    imprisonment

    confinement

    Antonyms:
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Sentence Examples

  • Of course, in captivity animals might not act the same way they did in the wild.

  • The tradition of his captivity (2 Chron.

  • He remained in captivity for ten years, but was reinstated by the French in 1645 and confirmed in his possessions by the peace of Westphalia.

  • - viii.), dated from the fourth year of Darius, contains an inquiry whether the fast days that arose in the captivity are still to be observed, with a comforting and encouraging reply of the prophet.

  • Thus began the seventy years "Babylonian captivity of the Church."

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