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| Main Entry: | captivity |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | physical detention by force |
| Synonyms: | bondage, confinement, constraint, custody, duress, enslavement, entombment, imprisonment, incarceration, jail, limbo, restraint, servitude, slavery, committal, durance, enthrallment, impoundment, internment, serfdom, subjection, thralldom, vassalage |
| Antonyms: | freedom, independence, liberty, license |
| Main Entry: | duress |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | threat, hardship |
| Synonyms: | bondage, captivity, coercion, compulsion, confinement, constraint, control, detention, discipline, force, imprisonment, incarceration, pressure, restraint, violence |
| Main Entry: | fetters |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | bindings; bondage |
| Synonyms: | captivity, check, curb, handcuffs, hindrance, obstruction, restraint, bilboes, bonds, chains, cuffs, irons, manacles, shackles, trammels |
| Main Entry: | slavery |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | state of working under duress or without freedom |
| Synonyms: | bondage, captivity, drudge, drudgery, enslavement, grind, indenture, labor, restraint, servitude, thrall, toil, work, bullwork, chains constraint*, enthrallment, feudalism, helotry, menial labor, moil, peonage, serfdom, serfhood, subjection, subjugation, thralldom, vassalage |
| Antonyms: | mastery |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | incarceration |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | imprisonment |
| Synonyms: | captivity, confinement, restraint |
| Main Entry: | arrest |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | taking into custody |
| Synonyms: | accommodation, apprehension, appropriation, bag*, booby trap*, bust, captivity, capture, collar, commitment, confinement, constraint, crimp*, detention, drop*, fall*, grab*, heat*, hook*, imprisonment, incarceration, nab*, nail*, nick*, nip*, pick up*, pickle*, pinch*, pull*, pull in*, restraining, run in*, snare, sweep*, gaff, glom, jailing, mitt, preventive custody, protective custody, sequestering |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | imprisonment |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | forcible detention |
| Synonyms: | bondage, captivity, captivity, confinement, custody, duress, incarceration, isolation, quarantine, restraint, durance, immuration, remand, thraldom, thralldom |
| Antonyms: | freedom, liberty |
| Main Entry: | restraint |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | limitation; something that holds |
| Synonyms: | abridgment, arrest, ban, bar, barrier, bondage, bridle, captivity, check, command, confinement, constraint, cramp, curb, decrease, deprivation, detention, embargo, fetters, hindrance, impediment, imprisonment, instruction, interdict, limit, obstacle, obstruction, order, prohibition, reduction, rein, repression, restriction, rope, stop, stoppage, string*, taboo, weight, chains, determent, deterrence, manacles, pinions, straitjacket |
| Antonyms: | freedom, liberation |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | constraint |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | restriction |
| Synonyms: | arrest, captivity, check, confinement, cramp, curb, damper, detention, deterrent, hindrance, limitation, restraint, circumscription, constrainment |
| Antonyms: | allowance, permission |
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