Imprisonment Definition & Meaning

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Imprisonment

Imprisonment Definition And Meaning
What's The Definition Of Imprisonment? [n] the act of confining someone in a prison (or as if in a prison) [n] putting someone in prison or in jail as lawful punishment [n] the state of being imprisoned; "he was held in captivity until he died"; "the imprisonment of captured soldiers"; "his ignominious incarceration in the local jail"; "he practiced the immurement of his enemies in the castle dungeon" Synonyms \| Synonyms for Imprisonment: captivity \| immurement \| incarceration \| internment Related Terms \| Find terms related to Imprisonment: beleaguerment \| besetment \| blockade \| blockading \| captivity \| circumscription \| close arrest \| confinement \| cordoning \| custody \| detention \| dismemberment \| durance \| durance vile \| duress \| enclosure \| envelopment \| estrapade \| galleys \| hard labor \| house arrest \| immuration \| immurement \| impalement \| incarceration \| inclusion \| internment \| jailing \| keelhauling \| martyrdom \| penal servitude \| picketing \| quarantine \| railriding \| remand \| rock pile \| siege \| strappado \| tar-and-feathering \| term of imprisonment \| the gantlet \| torment \| torture See Also \| confinement \| confinement \| custody \| durance \| false imprisonment \| internment \| life imprisonment \| penalisation \| penalization \| penalty \| punishment

Imprisonment Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Imprisonment?

[n] the act of confining someone in a prison (or as if in a prison)
[n] putting someone in prison or in jail as lawful punishment
[n] the state of being imprisoned; "he was held in captivity until he died"; "the imprisonment of captured soldiers"; "his ignominious incarceration in the local jail"; "he practiced the immurement of his enemies in the castle dungeon"

Synonyms | Synonyms for Imprisonment: captivity | immurement | incarceration | internment

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