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Noun: imprisonment  im'pri-zun-munt
  1. Putting someone in prison or in jail as lawful punishment
     
  2. The state of being imprisoned
    "the imprisonment of captured soldiers"
    - captivity, incarceration, immurement
     
  3. The act of confining someone in a prison (or as if in a prison)
    - internment

Derived forms: imprisonments

See also: imprison

Type of: confinement, penalisation [Brit], penalization, penalty, punishment, sanction

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