Captivity
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The term captivity is used to refer to the following meanings:
- the state of being confined to a space from which it is difficult or impossible to escape; see imprisonment.
- the same used in a figurative sense, like for example female captivity, as allegorically portrayed in The Gilded Cage, a painting by Evelyn De Morgan.
- of animals, not living in the wild, see captivity (animal).
- the Babylonian captivity of Judah, as described in the Bible.
- a novelette by Zenna Henderson; see Captivity (novelette).