imprisonment

Nouns

(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
captivity, immurement, incarceration,
(n) the act of confining someone in a prison (or as if in a prison) internment,

Synonyms

captivity immurement incarceration internment

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