What is another word for imprisonment?
Pronunciation:
[ ɪmpɹˈɪzənmənt], [ ɪmpɹˈɪzənmənt], [ ɪ_m_p_ɹ_ˈɪ_z_ə_n_m_ə_n_t]
Related words: prison, jail, inmate, jailer, jail sentence, jail time, jail sentence calculator, prison sentence, criminal justice system
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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.
How to use "Imprisonment" in context?
Imprisonment often refers to confinement within a Structure, such as a prison, reform school, or mental institution.
Paraphrases for Imprisonment:
Paraphrases are highlighted according to their relevancy:
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Equivalence
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Proper noun, singular
incarceration.
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Noun, singular or mass
captivity, incarceration, internment, jailing.
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Proper noun, singular
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Forward Entailment
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Noun, singular or mass
penalty, punishment.
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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
brig, committal, constraint, entrapment, extent, inmate, lockup, servitude, string, Reclusion, Perpetua, Institutionalization.
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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, prison, solitary.
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Proper noun, singular
confinement, custody, detention, imprisoned, penitentiary, prison, sentence, Prisons, jails, detentions.
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Noun, singular or mass
confinement, conviction, custody, deprivation, detention, imprisoned, liberty, life, penitentiary, perpetuity, prison, seclusion, sentence, Detainment, Sentenced, Sentencing.
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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
Hyponym for Imprisonment:
n.
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act
penalization, punishment, penalisation, penalty.
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act
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