hold captive

Related

imprisonConfine as punishment
captiveOne held by force
prisonerConfined criminal detainee
hostageCaptive held as security
cageBarred confinement structure

chains · dungeon · detain · confine · shackles · kidnap · trapped · cell · bound · locked · abduct · jailer · captivity · enslaved · restrain · seized · bars · incarcerate

Opposites

freedom vs. confinement

hold captiveset free

Release from confinement

liberate · release · free · let go · emancipate

capture vs. release

hold captiverelease

To let go

let go · free · discharge · turn loose · set loose

agency/autonomy

hold captiveempower

Grant authority or confidence

surrender · let be · leave alone

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