captivity

Noun

• the state of being a slave
  • So every bondman in his own hand bears the power to cancel his captivity--Shakespeare
    

• the state of being imprisoned
  • he was held in captivity until he died
    
  • the imprisonment of captured soldiers
    
  • his ignominious incarceration in the local jail
    
  • he practiced the immurement of his enemies in the castle dungeon
    

Related words

• Synonyms: 
  enslavement , imprisonment , incarceration , immurement