captivity
Valid in Scrabble
- Scrabble points
- 19
- Words With Friends
- 21
- Letters
- 9
/kæpˈtɪvɪti/
Definition of captivity
3 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included
noun
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(countable, uncountable)The state of being captive.
“held in captivity”
“escape from captivity”
“The animals lived in captivity at the zoo.”
“He wrote a memoir about his years in captivity.”
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noun
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(countable, uncountable)The state of being captive.
“held in captivity”
“escape from captivity”
“The animals lived in captivity at the zoo.”
“He wrote a memoir about his years in captivity.”
- (countable, obsolete, uncountable)A group of people/beings captive.
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(countable, uncountable)The state or period of being imprisoned, confined, or enslaved.
“long captivity”
Definitions from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA.
Etymology
From Middle English captivite, from Latin captīvitās. By surface analysis, captive + -ity. Entered into the English lexicon around the 14th century.
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