imprisonment

1. n. putting someone in prison or in jail as lawful punishment Source: wordnet

2. n. the state of being imprisoned Source: wordnet

3. n. the act of confining someone in a prison (or as if in a prison) Source: wordnet

4. The act of imprisoning, or the state of being imprisoned; confinement; restraint. His sinews waxen weak and raw Through long imprisonment and hard constraint. Spenser. Every confinement of the person is an imprisonment, whether it be in a common prison, or in a private house, or even by foreibly detaining one in the public streets. Blackstone. False imprisonment. (Law) See under False. Syn. -- Incarceration; custody; confinement; durance; restraint. Source: webster

5. The act of imprisoning, or the state of being imprisoned;confinement; restraint.His sinews waxen weak and raw Through long imprisonment and hardconstraint. Spenser.Every confinement of the person is an imprisonment, whether it be ina common prison, or in a private house, or even by foreibly detainingone in the public streets. Blackstone.False imprisonment. (Law) See under False. Source: adambom

6. n:100 n. putting someone in prison or in jail as lawful punishment n. the act of confining someone in a prison (or as if in a prison) Source: ecdict

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