Term: hostage: a prisoner who is held by one party to insure that another party will meet specified terms
Candidate hypernym: prisoner: a person who is confined; especially a prisoner of war → 1
Candidate hypernym: regression analysis: the use of regression to make quantitative predictions of one variable from the values of another → 0
Candidate hypernym: ponderousness: an oppressive quality that is laborious and solemn and lacks grace or fluency → 0
Candidate hypernym: demythologization: the restatement of a message (as a religious one) in rational terms → 0
Candidate hypernym: line organization: the organizational structure of activities contributing directly to the organization's output → 0
Candidate hypernym: inula: any plant of the genus Inula → 0
Candidate hypernym: brouhaha: a confused disturbance far greater than its cause merits → 0
Candidate hypernym: auctioneer: an agent who conducts an auction → 0
Candidate hypernym: graffito: a rude decoration inscribed on rocks or walls → 0
Candidate hypernym: rotational nystagmus: nystagmus caused by the body rotating rapidly; large slow movements of the eyeballs are in the direction of rotation → 0
Candidate hypernym: retail: the selling of goods to consumers; usually in small quantities and not for resale → 0