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
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
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