Captivity and Flight

Captivity

Captivity noun - The act of confining or the state of being confined.

Flight is an antonym for captivity.

Nearby Words: captivate, captive

Flight

Flight noun - The act or an instance of getting free from danger or confinement.
Usage example: a work of 19th-century Romanticism depicting the ancient Israelites' flight from Egypt

Captivity is an antonym for flight.

Nearby Words: flighty, flighted, flightless, flighting

How words are described

long long captivity long flight
brief brief captivity brief flight
entire entire captivity entire flight

Both words in one sentence

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