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Definitions

durance

[door-uhns, dyoor-] / ˈdʊər əns, ˈdjʊər- /

NOUN

captivity

Synonyms

STRONGEST

bondage confinement custody imprisonment incarceration slavery

STRONG

committal constraint duress enslavement enthrallment entombment impoundment internment jail limbo restraint serfdom servitude subjection thralldom vassalage

Antonyms

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freedom liberation liberty

WEAK

independence license

NOUN

imprisonment

Synonyms

STRONGEST

captivity confinement custody incarceration isolation

STRONG

bondage duress quarantine remand restraint thraldom thralldom

WEAK

immuration

Antonyms

STRONGEST

freedom liberation liberty

WEAK

discharge liberating release

Example Sentences

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These winds are warm in summer, and it is they which in the desert of Hami bring the fierce sandstorms or burans.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 2 "Gloss" to "Gordon, Charles George" by Various