IMPRISONMENT

imprisonment, internment

(noun) the act of confining someone in a prison (or as if in a prison)

imprisonment

(noun) putting someone in prison or in jail as lawful punishment

captivity, imprisonment, incarceration, immurement

(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”

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Etymology

Noun

imprisonment (countable and uncountable, plural imprisonments)

A confinement in a place, especially a prison or a jail, as punishment for a crime.

Synonyms

• incarceration

• jaildom

Source: Wiktionary

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Im*pris"on ment, n. Etym: [OE. enprisonment; F. emprisonnement.]

Definition: The act of imprisoning, or the state of being imprisoned; confinement; restraint. His sinews waxen weak and raw Through long imprisonment and hard constraint. Spenser. Every confinement of the person is an imprisonment, whether it be in a common prison, or in a private house, or even by foreibly detaining one in the public streets. Blackstone. False imprisonment. (Law) See under False.

Syn.

– Incarceration; custody; confinement; durance; restraint.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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