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.
Examples
- The defendant faced imprisonment of up to five years for his role in the conspiracy.
- Life imprisonment is a sentence of jail for life without parole in many countries.
- After the trial, the judge sentenced the defendant to imprisonment for a period of ten years.
- Imprisonment can be used as a last resort when a fine or other punishments have not worked.
- Her lawyers fought against her imprisonment on grounds of medical instability.
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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.