IMPRISONMENT
\ɪmpɹˈɪzənmənt], \ɪmpɹˈɪzənmənt], \ɪ_m_p_ɹ_ˈɪ_z_ə_n_m_ə_n_t]\
Definitions of IMPRISONMENT
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1914 - Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language
- 1874 - Etymological and pronouncing dictionary of the English language
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
- 1790 - A Complete Dictionary of the English Language
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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"
By Princeton University
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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"
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
By Daniel Lyons
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
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Act of imprisoning; confinement in a place; restraint of liberty. False imprisonment, the illegal restraint or confinement of any one, under colour of law.
By Nuttall, P.Austin.
By Stormonth, James, Phelp, P. H.
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n. Act of imprisoning, or state of being imprisoned ; restrained of liberty ;- incarceration : custody ; confinement.
