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Synonyms for PRISON
ˈprɪz ənprison

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Wiktionary3.7 / 3 votes

  1. prisonnoun

    to imprison

    The cold stone walls of the prison had stood for over a century.

    Synonyms:
    imprisonment, bridewell

Princeton's WordNet0.0 / 0 votes

  1. prison, prison housenoun

    a correctional institution where persons are confined while on trial or for punishment

    Synonyms:
    prison house, prison

  2. prison, prison housenoun

    a prisonlike situation; a place of seeming confinement

    Synonyms:
    prison house, prison

Dictionary of English Synonymes5.0 / 1 vote

  1. prisonnoun

    Synonyms:
    jail, penitentiary, bridewell, workhouse, house of correction, DUNGEON

Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words0.0 / 0 votes

  1. prisonnoun

    Synonyms:
    penitentiary, bridewell, jail, house of correction, clink, bastille

    Associated words:
    mittimus, commit, commitment, turnkey, warden, remand, prisoner, convict

  2. prisonverb

    Synonyms:
    imprison, incarcerate

    Associated words:
    mittimus, commit, commitment, turnkey, warden, remand, prisoner, convict

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  1. Kayla Mueller:

    I have been shown in darkness, light + have learned that even in prison, one can be free... I have come to see that there is good in every situation, sometime we just have to look for it. (source: Christian Science Monitor Weekly: Overheard)

  2. Robert Hoffman.Two:

    Kevin Strickland first trial resulted in a hung jury, with the sole Black juror refusing to convict, unfortunately, in Kevin Strickland second trial, which was to an all-White jury, Kevin Strickland was convicted of capital murder and sentenced to life in prison with no possibility of parole for 50 years.

  3. Donald Trump:

    These are people that have to be in institutions for help -- I'm not talking about as a form of a prison, I'm saying for help -- and I think it's something we have to really look at, the whole concept of mental institutions, i remember growing up we had mental institutions, then they were closed -- in New York, I'm talking about -- they were, many of them, closed. A lot of them were closed and all of those people were put out on the street.

  4. David Sears:

    Its devastating how fast this has moved through the prison.

  5. Martha Lucia Sanchez:

    It sends a message to society that such crimes don't end in impunity, and gives us a tool with which to get other convictions for femicide in the future, with a maximum prison sentence of 40 years without parole.


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