Synonyms for imprisonment
im·pris·on·ment

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1. imprisonment

   Bonds may be of cord, leather, or any other substance that can bind; chains are of linked metal. Manacles and handcuffs are for the hands, fetters are primarily chains or jointed iron fastenings for the feet; gyves may be for either. A shackle is a metallic ring, clasp, or bracelet-like fastening for encircling and restraining a limb: commonly one of a pair, used either for hands or feet. Bonds, fetters, and chains are used in a general way for almost any form of restraint. Gyves is now wholly poetic, and the other words are mostly restricted to the literary style; handcuffs is the specific and irons the general term in popular usage; as, the prisoner was put in irons. Bonds, chains, and shackles are frequently used in the metaphorical sense.

   Synonyms:
   bondage, bonds, chains, custody, durance, duress, fetter, gyves, handcuffs, irons, manacles, shackles

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1. imprisonment

   Synonyms:
   restraint, incarceration, durance, confinement

   Antonyms:
   freedom, liberation

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1. imprisonmentnoun

   putting someone in prison or in jail as lawful punishment

   Synonyms:
   incarceration, captivity, immurement, internment

2. captivity, imprisonment, incarceration, immurementnoun

   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"

   Synonyms:
   incarceration, internment, captivity, immurement, enslavement

3. imprisonment, internmentnoun

   the act of confining someone in a prison (or as if in a prison)

   Synonyms:
   internment, poundage, captivity, impounding, immurement, impoundment, incarceration

Matched Categories

1. • Confinement
   • Law
   • Punishment

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1. glomnoun

   Submitted by Providence on July 18, 2023  

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1. imprisonmentnoun

   Synonyms:
   incarceration, confinement, commitment, restraint, constraint, duress, durance

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1. imprisonmentnoun

   Synonyms:
   incarceration, durance, immurement, duress, confinement, commitment

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1. List of paraphrases for "imprisonment":

   prison, incarceration, jail, detention, confinement, reclusion, jailing, custody, imprisoned, custodial, arrest, gaol, sentence, perpetua

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How to use imprisonment in a sentence?

1. Randall Schriver:

   The (Chinese) Communist Party is using the security forces for mass imprisonment of Chinese Muslims in concentration camps.

2. Amy Jeffress:

   This was an accident, and a criminal prosecution with a potential penalty of fourteen years imprisonment is simply not a proportionate response, we have been in contact with the U.K. authorities about ways in which Anne Sacoolas could assist with preventing accidents like this from happening in the future, as well as Anne Sacoolas desire to honor Harrys memory.

3. Mumin Abdullahi:

   Abdiweli Mohamed, the security head of the civil aviation, and Areys Hashi, who was the funder but absent, were sentenced to life imprisonment by the court, areys Hashi is a member of al Shabaab who funded the operation.

4. Elie Honig:

   The chasing him with the truck, false imprisonment -- and as a result of that, whether they intended it or not, Ahmaud Arbery was killed and that makes the father and Roddie Bryan guilty of murder as well.

5. Kait Munro:

   DA Flynn does not anticipate that either will serve a term of imprisonment if convicted.