Incarceration Definition & Meaning

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Incarceration

Incarceration Definition And Meaning
What's The Definition Of Incarceration? [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 Incarceration: captivity \| immurement \| imprisonment Related Terms \| Find terms related to Incarceration: beleaguerment \| besetment \| blockade \| blockading \| captivity \| circumscription \| close arrest \| confinement \| cordoning \| detention \| dismemberment \| durance \| durance vile \| duress \| enclosure \| envelopment \| estrapade \| galleys \| hard labor \| house arrest \| immuration \| immurement \| impalement \| imprisonment \| inclusion \| internment \| jailing \| keelhauling \| martyrdom \| penal servitude \| picketing \| quarantine \| railriding \| rock pile \| siege \| strappado \| tar-and-feathering \| term of imprisonment \| the gantlet \| torment \| torture See Also \| confinement \| durance \| internment \| life imprisonment Incarceration In Webster's Dictionary \Incar`cera"tion\, n. [Cf. F. incarc['e]ration.] 1. The act of confining, or the state of being confined; imprisonment. --Glanvill. 2. (Med.) (a) Formerly, strangulation, as in hernia. (b) A constriction of the hernial sac, rendering it irreducible, but not great enough to cause strangulation.

Incarceration Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Incarceration?

[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 Incarceration: captivity | immurement | imprisonment

See Also | confinement | durance | internment | life imprisonment

Incarceration In Webster's Dictionary

\In*car`cer*a"tion\, n. [Cf. F. incarc['e]ration.]
1. The act of confining, or the state of being confined;
   imprisonment. --Glanvill.

2. (Med.)
   (a) Formerly, strangulation, as in hernia.
   (b) A constriction of the hernial sac, rendering it
       irreducible, but not great enough to cause
       strangulation.

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