Imprisonment (Noun)
Meaning 1
The act of confining someone in a prison (or as if in a prison).
Classification
Nouns denoting acts or actions.
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Meaning 2
Putting someone in prison or in jail as lawful punishment.
Classification
Nouns denoting acts or actions.
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Meaning 3
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".
Classification
Nouns denoting natural processes.