IMPRISONMENT





Definition:

  1. [noun] putting someone in prison or in jail as lawful punishment

  2. [noun] 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: captivity, incarceration, immurement

  3. [noun] the act of confining someone in a prison (or as if in a prison)
    Synonyms: internment

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