from captivity
1freedom from captivity — index liberty Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …
2Captivity of Mangalorean Catholics at Seringapatam — The Captivity of Mangalorean Catholics at Seringapatam (1784–1799) was a 15 year imprisonment of Mangalorean Catholics and other Christians at Seringapatam in the Indian region of Canara by Tipu Sultan, the de facto ruler of the Kingdom of Mysore …
3captivity — noun VERB + CAPTIVITY ▪ escape, escape from PREPOSITION ▪ during (sb s) captivity ▪ She was tortured many times during her captivity. ▪ …
4captivity — cap|tiv|i|ty [ kæp tıvəti ] noun uncount a situation in which a person is being kept as a prisoner: The girls should be released from captivity immediately. in captivity: At least a quarter of the prisoners died in captivity. a. a situation in… …
5captivity — UK [kæpˈtɪvətɪ] / US noun [uncountable] 1) a situation in which a person is being kept as a prisoner The girls should be released from captivity immediately. in captivity: At least a quarter of the prisoners died in captivity. 2) a situation in… …
6captivity — cap|tiv|i|ty [kæpˈtıvıti] n [U] when a person or animal is kept in a prison, ↑cage etc and not allowed to go where they want ▪ The hostages were released from captivity. in captivity ▪ animals bred in captivity …
7captivity — noun (U) the state of being kept in a prison, cage etc and not allowed to go where you want: The hostages were released from captivity. | in captivity: Many animals do not breed well when kept in captivity …
8Captivity narrative — Captivity narratives are stories of people captured by uncivilized enemies. The narratives often include a theme of redemption by faith in the face of the threats and temptations of an alien way of life. Barbary captivity narratives, stories of… …
9Captivity — may refer to: *Imprisonment or hostage, the state of being confined to a space from which it is difficult or impossible to escape *the same used in a figurative sense, like for example female captivity, as allegorically portrayed in The Gilded… …
10captivity — (n.) late 14c., from L. captivitatem (nom. captivitas), from captivus (see CAPTIVE (Cf. captive)). An Old English cognate word for it was gehæftnes (see HAFT (Cf. haft)) …
