captivity
State of confinement
Captivity is the state of being confined or held against one's will.
Animals live in captivity in zoos and aquariums, as opposed to the wild.
Prisoners of war are held in captivity.
The word often carries connotations of powerlessness: She felt trapped in the captivity of a bad marriage.
A captive audience can't easily leave.
Legal detention in jail
- incarcerationConfinement in jail
- detentionTemporary official holding
- cageBarred confinement structure
- cellBasic unit of life
prison · jail · custody · restraint · shackles · chains · fetters · bonds
Ownership of people
- bondageInvoluntary subjugation to another
- servitudeCompulsory labor under masters
- serfdomFeudal bound labor
- thrallOne held captive
enslavement · chains · subjugation · oppression · forced labor · human trafficking · indentured · plantation
Unlawful seizure of person
- abductionUnlawful seizure of person
- ransomPayment for captive's release
- hostageCaptive held as security
- prisoner of warDetained military personnel
POW · detainee · held · seized · taken · release · negotiation · rescue
Public animal collection
- enclosureConfined, bordered space
- menagerieCollection of exotic creatures
- aquariumTank for keeping fish
- aviaryLarge enclosure for birds
wildlife park · safari park · exhibit · habitat · keeper · breeding program · conservation · sanctuary
Unable to escape
- isolationComplete separation from others
- constrictionTightening or narrowing action
- suffocationFatal lack of air
- claustrophobiaDread of enclosed areas
entrapment · helplessness · powerlessness · loneliness · despair · yearning · longing · escape
imprisonment
Legal detention in jail
- incarcerationConfinement in jail
- detentionTemporary official holding
- cageBarred confinement structure
cell · prison · jail · custody · restraint · shackles · chains · fetters · bonds · lockup
slavery
Ownership of people
- bondageInvoluntary subjugation to another
- servitudeCompulsory labor under masters
- serfdomFeudal bound labor
thrall · enslavement · chains · subjugation · oppression · forced labor · human trafficking · indentured · plantation · emancipation
kidnapping
Unlawful seizure of person
- abductionUnlawful seizure of person
- ransomPayment for captive's release
- hostageCaptive held as security
prisoner of war · POW · detainee · held · seized · taken · release · negotiation · rescue · escape
zoo
Public animal collection
- enclosureConfined, bordered space
- menagerieCollection of exotic creatures
- aquariumTank for keeping fish
aviary · wildlife park · safari park · exhibit · habitat · keeper · breeding program · conservation · sanctuary · rescue center
trapped
Unable to escape
- isolationComplete separation from others
- constrictionTightening or narrowing action
- suffocationFatal lack of air
claustrophobia · entrapment · helplessness · powerlessness · loneliness · despair · yearning · longing · escape · liberation
taming
Making wild things gentle
- husbandryFarm management practice
- breedingReproductive cultivation of organisms
- livestockDomesticated farm animals
herding · pastoralism · animal training · broken · corralled · penned · stabled · kenneled · falconry · working animals
- Babylonian ExileBabylon, Judah, exile, Daniel, Ezekiel
- crueltycruelty, brutality, inhumanity, viciousness, ruthlessness
- oppressionoppression, tyranny, racism, repression, secret police
- animal crueltyanimal abuse, animal cruelty, dogfighting, neglect, torture
- captivity crimeskidnapping, abduction, false imprisonment, hostage-taking, human trafficking
- captivityprisoner, detained, imprisoned, incarcerated, prison
captivityfreedom
Absence of constraint
liberty · release · the wild · escape · liberation
captivityfreedom
Absence of constraint
liberty · independence · autonomy · self-determination · sovereignty
captivityliberty
Absence of unjust constraint
freedom · emancipation · manumission · liberation · redemption
- Babylonian captivityJudean deportation to Mesopotamia
- dolphin captivityConfined marine mammal keeping