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imprisonment
noun
The act of confining someone in a prison (or as if in a prison)
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ɪmˈpɹɪzn̩.mənt
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noun
The act of confining someone in a prison (or as if in a prison)
noun
Putting someone in prison or in jail as lawful punishment
noun
The state of being imprisoned
“He was held in captivity until he died”
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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
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