Thesaurus: incarceration

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1. n. The act of confining, or the state of being confined; imprisonment.
2. n. Formerly, strangulation, as in hernia.
3. n. A constriction of the hernial sac, rendering it irreducible, but not great enough to cause strangulation.
4. n. the state of being imprisoned
5. 1. The act of confining, or the state of being confined; imprisonment. Glanvill. 2. (Med.) (a) Formerly, strangulation, as in hernia. (b) A constriction of the hernial sac, rendering it irreducible, but not great enough to cause strangulation.
6. n:100 n the state of being imprisoned