Synonyms for imprisonment
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Noun
1. Incarceration
incarceration US, captivity, confinement, jailing, duress, restraint, immurement, durance dated
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Definitions
- n. 1
A confinement in a place, especially a prison or a jail, especially as punishment for a crime.
Forms
- Plural
- imprisonments → incarcerations, captivities, confinements, jailings…
Example sentences
- captivity In captivity, a giraffe may live up to 40 years old.
- confinement Bruno spends his birthday in solitary confinement.
- duress Yanni's personality changed because he was under such duress.
- prison I hear he was released after five years in prison.
- custody We haven't worked out custody of the children yet.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| imprisonment | falling | |
| captivity | rising | |
| confinement | falling | |
| duress | rising | |
| jailing | steady | |
| prison | rising |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 6 letters
- prison2, duress2
- 7 letters
- custody3, jailing2, durance, jaildom
- 9 letters
- captivity4, restraint2
- 10 letters
- internment3, immurement
- 11 letters
- confinement3
- 13 letters
- incarceration5
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (prison2 = 2 syllables).
In other languages
- Français
- emprisonnement
- Italiano
- imprigionamento
- Español
- encarcelamiento
- Deutsch
- Haft
- Català
- empresonament