imprisonment | | |
n. (act) | 1. imprisonment | putting someone in prison or in jail as lawful punishment. |
| ~ penalisation, penalization, penalty, punishment | the act of punishing. |
| ~ law, jurisprudence | the collection of rules imposed by authority.; "civilization presupposes respect for the law"; "the great problem for jurisprudence to allow freedom while enforcing order" |
n. (state) | 2. captivity, immurement, imprisonment, incarceration | 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" |
| ~ confinement | the state of being confined.; "he was held in confinement" |
| ~ durance | imprisonment (especially for a long time). |
| ~ life imprisonment | a sentence of imprisonment until death. |
| ~ internment | confinement during wartime. |
n. (act) | 3. imprisonment, internment | the act of confining someone in a prison (or as if in a prison). |
| ~ confinement | the act of restraining of a person's liberty by confining them. |
| ~ lockdown | the act of confining prisoners to their cells (usually to regain control during a riot). |
| ~ false imprisonment | (law) confinement without legal authority. |
| ~ custody | holding by the police.; "the suspect is in custody" |
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