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captivity: 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"

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subjugated collapse: reduced to submission; "subjugated peoples"

vassalage collapse

disenfranchise collapse: deprive of voting rights

bondage collapse: sexual practice that involves physically restraining (by cords or handcuffs) one of the partners; the state of being under the control of another person; the state of being under the control of a force or influence or abstract power; "he was in bondage to fear:; "he sought release from his bondage to Satan"; "a self freed from the bondage of time"

jailing collapse

servitude collapse: state of subjection to an owner or master or forced labor imposed as punishment; "penal servitude"

immured collapse

jailed collapse

incarcerated collapse

imprisoned collapse

lock in collapse: place in a place where something cannot be removed or someone cannot escape; "The parents locked her daughter up for the weekend"; "She locked her jewels in the safe"; close with or as if with a tight seal; "This vacuum pack locks in the flavor!"

serfdom collapse: the state of a serf

peonage collapse: the practice of making a debtor work for his creditor until the debt is discharged; the condition of a peon

incarceration collapse

imprisonment collapse: the act of confining someone in a prison (or as if in a prison); putting someone in prison or in jail as lawful punishment

feudalism collapse: the social system that developed in Europe in the 8th century; vassals were protected by lords who they had to serve in war

thrall collapse: someone held in bondage

oppressed collapse

hold down collapse: restrain; "please hold down the noise so that the neighbors can sleep"; keep; "She manages to hold down two jobs"

enthralled collapse

incarcerate collapse

subjugation collapse: forced submission to control by others

dominate collapse: have dominance or the power to defeat over; "Her pain completely mastered her"; "The methods can master the problems"; be in control; "Her husband completely dominates her"; look down on; "The villa dominates the town"

absolutism collapse: the doctrine of an absolute being; the principle of complete and unrestricted power in government; dominance through threat of punishment and violence

immure collapse

lock up collapse: secure by locking; "lock up the house before you go on vacation"

imprison collapse: lock up or confine, in or as in a jail; "The suspects were imprisoned without trial"; "the murderer was incarcerated for the rest of his life"; confine as if in a prison; "His daughters are virtually imprisoned in their own house; he does not let them go out without a chaperone"

slavery collapse: the practice of owning slaves; work done under harsh conditions for little or no pay

captive collapse: an animal that is confined; a person held in the grip of a strong emotion or passion; giving or marked by complete attention to; "that engrossed look or rapt delight"; "then wrapped in dreams"; "so intent on this fantastic...narrative that she hardly stirred"- Walter de la Mare; "rapt with wonder"; "wrapped in thought"; in captivity

enslave collapse: make a slave of; bring into servitude

enthrall collapse

keep down collapse: manage not to throw up

subjugate collapse: make subservient; force to submit or subdue

villenage collapse

detention collapse: a punishment in which a student must stay at school after others have gone home; "the detention of tardy pupils"; a state of being confined (usually for a short time); "his detention was politically motivated"; "the prisoner is on hold"; "he is in the custody of police"

duress collapse: compulsory force or threat; "confessed under duress"

suppressed collapse: kept from public knowledge by various means;; manifesting or subjected to suppression; "a suppressed press"

subordinate collapse: an assistant subject to the authority or control of another; lower in rank or importance; subject or submissive to authority or the control of another; "a subordinate kingdom"; make subordinate, dependent, or subservient; "Our wishes have to be subordinated to that of our ruler"; rank or order as less important or consider of less value; "Art is sometimes subordinated to Science in these schools"

gaol collapse

servility collapse

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