imprisonment
/ɪmprˈɪzʌnmʌnt/
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Definitions
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"; "the imprisonment of captured soldiers"; "his ignominious incarceration in the local jail"; "he practiced the immurement of his enemies in the castle dungeon"
Noun
the act of confining someone in a prison (or as if in a prison)