imprisonment
A confinement in a place, especially a prison or a jail, especially as punishment for a crime.
Related words
- overimprisonment
- reimprisonment
- life imprisonment
- false imprisonment
- imprisonment warrant
Word history
From Old French "emprisonnement".
Where this comes from
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