What does imprisonment mean?
Imprisonment means A confinement in a place, especially a prison or a jail, especially as punishment for a crime..
Imprisonment
/ɪmˈpɹɪzn̩.mənt/ · noun
Meaning
A confinement in a place, especially a prison or a jail, especially as punishment for a crime..
Example Sentences
His sinews woxen weake and raw / Through long emprisonment and hard constraint.
Every confinement of the person is an imprisonment, whether it be in a common prison, or in a private house, or even by forcibly detaining one in the public streets.
Oh, by what plots, by what forswearings, betrayings, oppressions, imprisonments, tortures, poisonings, and under what reasons of state and politic subtilty, have these forenamed kings […] pulled the vengeance of God upon themselves […]
Human rights organisations say many experience imprisonment and beatings along the way.
Synonyms for imprisonment
Antonyms for imprisonment
Related Words
Word Forms
- imprisonments
- emprisonment
Usage Notes
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Frequently Asked Questions
What is a synonym for imprisonment?
Common synonyms include incarceration, jaildom, captivity, internment.
What is the opposite of imprisonment?
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
How do you use imprisonment in a sentence?
His sinews woxen weake and raw / Through long emprisonment and hard constraint.
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