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/ɪŋˌkɑː(ɹ)səˈɹeɪʃən/ · noun
(chiefly US) The act of confining, or the state of being confined; imprisonment..
Perpetrated over time, better walk the narrow line / Never challenge what we say / In the darkness of our mind, never thought we'd be so blind / Let the nightmare get away / Isolation cannot be / The best, the best that we can do / Build a cage full of rage, inner demons call your name / Suicide, your only friend / Extermination of ourselves, mass incarceration / Termination of ourselves, mass incarcerate / In the cage, in the cage / You will remain
[…]Syria reemerged indirectly, through Turkey's incarceration of Pastor Andrew Brunson.
Use incarceration when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Incarceration means (chiefly US) The act of confining, or the state of being confined; imprisonment..
Common synonyms include captivity, imprisonment, immurement.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
Perpetrated over time, better walk the narrow line / Never challenge what we say / In the darkness of our mind, never thought we'd be so blind / Let the nightmare get away / Isolation cannot be / The best, the best that we can do / Build a cage full of rage, inner demons call your name / Suicide, your only friend / Extermination of ourselves, mass incarceration / Termination of ourselves, mass incarcerate / In the cage, in the cage / You will remain
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