What is another word for internment?
110 synonyms foundPronunciation:
[ ɪntˈɜːnmənt], [ ɪntˈɜːnmənt], [ ɪ_n_t_ˈɜː_n_m_ə_n_t]Table of Contents
Similar words for internment:- act (noun)
- captivity (noun)
- confinement (noun)
- detention (noun)
- impounding (noun)
- internment (noun)
- other relevant words (noun)
- other synonyms
- other relevant words (noun)
Synonyms for Internment:
n.
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- life.
- enslavement,
- jail,
- enthrallment,
- duress,
- entombment,
- incarceration,
- bondage,
- limbo,
- constraint,
- slavery,
- restraint,
- servitude.
- curb,
- bonds,
- check,
- control,
- keeping,
- cramp,
- bounding,
- trammels,
- coercion,
- repression,
- limitation,
- bounds,
- circumscription,
- safekeeping.
- pen,
- holding back,
- bust,
- impediment,
- pickup,
- nab,
- apprehension,
- Detainment,
- hindrance,
- retention,
- pinch,
- arrest,
- delay,
- withholding.
- immurement,
- durance,
- Arrestation,
- committal,
- captivity,
- serfdom,
- thralldom,
- quarantine,
- committals,
- delimitation,
- vassalage,
- detention,
- holding pen,
- impoundment,
- time up the river,
- subjection,
- immuration,
- delimitations,
- internments,
- keeping in,
- constrainment,
- impoundments,
- withholdings,
- confinement,
- durances.
Other synonyms:
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- solitary confinement,
- hard labor,
- extraordinary rendition,
- life sentence,
- life imprisonment,
- correctional,
- preventive detention.
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- serve.
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- stretch.
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- term.
Paraphrases for Internment:
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Equivalence
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Noun, singular or mass
imprisonment.
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Noun, singular or mass
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Forward Entailment
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Proper noun, singular
confinement.
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Noun, singular or mass
confinement.
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Proper noun, singular
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Independent
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Noun, singular or mass
custody, arrest, retention, Detainment, commitment, Reclusion, containment, accommodation.
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Noun, singular or mass
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Other Related
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Noun, singular or mass
incarceration, Institutionalization, detention, institutionalisation, hospitalization, remand, placement, admission, prison, committal, seclusion, investment.
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Noun, singular or mass
Antonyms for Internment:
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n.
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captivity
independence, freedom, liberation, license, liberty.
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confinement
allowance, permission.
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detention
aid, release, assistance, help.
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Other antonyms:
manumission, redemption, emancipation.
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captivity
Hypernym for Internment:
n.
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act
lockdown, false imprisonment, custody.
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act
Hyponym for Internment:
n.
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act
confinement.
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state
captivity, incarceration, immurement, imprisonment.
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act