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In some senses, captivity is marked as obsolete. Watch for register when choosing this word.
VERB + CAPTIVITY
hold/keep sb in
The zoo kept the injured eagle in captivity for several months before releasing it into the wild.
bring/take sb into
free/release sb from
After years in the zoo, the animal was finally freed from captivity and returned to the wild.
escape from
PREP
during (sb's) ~
The prisoners received very little food during their captivity.
in ~
The zoo's lion was born in captivity and had never seen the African savanna.