What is another word for imprisonment?
125 synonyms foundPronunciation:
[ ɪmpɹˈɪzənmənt], [ ɪmpɹˈɪzənmənt], [ ɪ_m_p_ɹ_ˈɪ_z_ə_n_m_ə_n_t]Table of Contents
Similar words for imprisonment:- other relevant words (adjective)
- act (noun)
- arrest (noun)
- captivity (noun)
- capture (noun)
- forcible detention (noun)
- immurement (noun)
- other relevant words (noun)
- persecution (noun)
- placing in forcible detention (noun)
- punishment (noun)
- restraint (noun)
- other relevant words (verb)
- other synonyms
- confinement
Synonyms for Imprisonment:
adj.
•Other relevant words: (adjective)n.
•act (noun) •arrest (noun)- preventive custodies,
- pick ups,
- protective custodies,
- sequesterings,
- re straining,
- gloms,
- restrainings,
- pull ins,
- re-straining.
- incarceration,
- confinement,
- isolation,
- immuration,
- remand,
- bondage,
- thraldom,
- quarantine,
- restraint.
- impoundment,
- falls,
- serfdom,
- vassalage,
- pick up,
- run in,
- mistreatment,
- violence,
- gaff,
- persecution,
- protective custody,
- jailings,
- durances,
- internment,
- internments,
- subjection,
- duress,
- ill treatments,
- nick,
- committal,
- MITTS,
- durance,
- committals,
- custody,
- capture,
- Detainment,
- ill-treatment,
- preventive custody,
- thralldom,
- gaffs,
- mitt,
- glom,
- captivity,
- impoundments.
- mis-treatment,
- provokings,
- ill-treatments,
- mis treatment,
- ill treatment,
- illtreatments,
- gallings,
- teasings,
- mis treatments,
- mis-treatments,
- illtreatment.
- Detaining,
- Capturing,
- Immuring,
- locking up,
- Incarcerating,
- confining,
- jailing,
- Imprisoning,
- Quarantining.
v.
•Other relevant words: (verb)Other synonyms:
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- life imprisonment,
- escape,
- solitary confinement,
- hard labor,
- life sentence,
- correctional,
- extraordinary rendition.
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- solitary.
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- life.
Paraphrases for Imprisonment:
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Equivalence
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Proper noun, singular
incarceration.
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Noun, singular or mass
jailing, internment, incarceration, captivity.
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Proper noun, singular
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Forward Entailment
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Noun, singular or mass
punishment, penalty.
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Noun, singular or mass
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Independent
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Adjective
penal-correctional.
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Proper noun, singular
gets.
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Noun, singular or mass
Reclusion, Perpetua, entrapment, Institutionalization, committal, servitude, string, lockup, inmate, constraint, brig, extent.
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Verb, past tense
Bailed.
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Adjective
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Other Related
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Adjective
penitentiary, solitary, prison.
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Proper noun, singular
Prisons, detention, detentions, confinement, imprisoned, jails, penitentiary, prison, custody, sentence.
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Noun, singular or mass
detention, confinement, Detainment, deprivation, Sentencing, imprisoned, seclusion, penitentiary, perpetuity, prison, custody, liberty, Sentenced, conviction, life, sentence.
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Verb, gerund or present participle
Imprisoning, Incarcerating.
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Verb, past participle
detention, imprisoned, prison.
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Verb, base form
imprison.
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Adjective
Antonyms for Imprisonment:
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n.
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forcible detention
liberating, liberty, liberation, discharge, release, freedom.
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Other antonyms:
independence, redemption, emancipation, manumission.
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forcible detention
Hyponym for Imprisonment:
n.
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act
penalization, punishment, penalisation, penalty.
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act