durance
State of imprisonment
Durance is an archaic or literary word for imprisonment or captivity.
It survives mainly in the phrase durance vile, meaning harsh confinement: The prisoner languished in durance vile for seven years.
Outside this set phrase, the word sounds deliberately old-fashioned or ironic.
State of being confined
- imprisonmentLegal detention in jail
- incarcerationConfinement in jail
- detentionTemporary official holding
- custodyProtective care or control
restraint · bondage · cell · shackles · dungeon · chains · lockup · cage
Distance between endpoints
- periodPunctuation ending sentences
- termFixed period or word
- intervalDuration between two points
- continuanceSustained extension forward
time · length · perpetuity · permanence · epoch · era · persistence · temporality
captivity
State of being confined
- imprisonmentLegal detention in jail
- incarcerationConfinement in jail
- detentionTemporary official holding
custody · restraint · bondage · cell · shackles · dungeon · chains · lockup · cage · solitary
span
Distance between endpoints
continuance · time · length · perpetuity · permanence · epoch · era · persistence · temporality · transience
durancefreedom
Absence of constraint
liberty · liberation · emancipation · independence · free will