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