Captivity

Noun

 * 1) The state of being captive.
 * 2) The state or period of being imprisoned, confined, or enslaved.
 * 3)  A group of people/beings captive.

Adjectives for Captivity
killing; limitless; prolonged; perpetual; weakening.

Verbs for Captivity
bring into—; cancel—; carry into—; counsel in—; dash into—; deliver from—; desolate in—; detain in—; dwell in—; enforce—; escape from—; feel—; hold in—; incarcerate ; languish in—; lead into—; pine in—; resign to—; sell into—; shut in—; sink into —; subject to—; submit to—.

Synonyms for Captivity
bondage, confinement, slavery, servitude, imprisonment, subjection.

Antonyms for Captivity
freedom, independence, liberty, liberality, license.

Thesaurus
imprisonment, incarceration, indentureship, internment, jailing, peonage, restraint, serfdom, serfhood, servility, servitude, slavery, subjection, subjugation, term of imprisonment, thrall, thralldom, tyranny, vassalage, villenage, absolutism, bond service, bondage, close arrest, confinement, control, custody, debt slavery, deprivation of freedom, detention, disenfranchisement, disfranchisement, domination, durance, durance vile, duress, enslavement, enthrallment, feudalism, feudality, helotism, helotry, house arrest, immuration, immurement,

Etymology
Form of captive, from the Middle English captive, from the Latin captivus. Entered into the English lexicon around 14c.