imprisonment, n.
(imprisonments)
freq. cnt. 3
(imprisonments)
freq. cnt. 3
putting someone in prison or in jail as lawful punishment
<noun.act> freq. cnt.: 3 freq. cnt.: 3
imprisonment
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hypernym
domain of synset (topic)
the act of confining someone in a prison (or as if in a prison)
<noun.act>
imprisonment internment
lexical pointers
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lexical pointers
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the state of being imprisoned
<noun.state> freq. cnt.: 2 freq. cnt.: 2
captivity immurement imprisonment incarceration
sample sentences
"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"
lexical pointers
derivationally related form
lexical pointers
derivationally related form
lexical pointers
derivationally related form
lexical pointers
derivationally related form