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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (3)

1. putting someone in prison or in jail as lawful punishment;

2. the state of being imprisoned;
- Example: "he was held in captivity until he died"
- Example: "the imprisonment of captured soldiers"
- Example: "his ignominious incarceration in the local jail"
- Example: "he practiced the immurement of his enemies in the castle dungeon"
[syn: captivity, imprisonment, incarceration, immurement]

3. the act of confining someone in a prison (or as if in a prison);
[syn: imprisonment, internment]



WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

imprisonment
    n 1: putting someone in prison or in jail as lawful punishment
    2: 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" [syn:
       captivity, imprisonment, incarceration, immurement]
    3: the act of confining someone in a prison (or as if in a
       prison) [syn: imprisonment, internment]