Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun captivity

2 senses of captivity

Sense 1
captivity, imprisonment, incarceration, immurement -- (the state of being imprisoned; "he was held in captivity until he died"; "the imprisonment of captured soldiers"; "his ignominious incarceration in the local jail"; "he practiced the immurement of his enemies in the castle dungeon")
       => confinement -- (the state of being confined; "he was held in confinement")

Sense 2
enslavement, captivity -- (the state of being a slave; "So every bondman in his own hand bears the power to cancel his captivity"--Shakespeare)
       => subjugation, subjection -- (forced submission to control by others)