captivity
noun
the state or period of being held, imprisoned, enslaved, or confined.
semicaptivity
-
a word derived from
captivity.
Example Sentences
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After living there a number of years in semicaptivity he died—by poison it was said.
From War in the Garden of Eden by Kermit Roosevelt
