durance

Definitions

Imprisonment or forcible restraint.

Compulsion or constraint.

Examples

The prisoner spent many long years in durance before he was finally granted a pardon.

She felt as though she were in durance, trapped by the endless responsibilities of her demanding job.

Synonyms

confinement imprisonment captivity detention incarceration restraint custody

Antonyms

freedom liberty release emancipation deliverance autonomy independence