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A confinement in a place, especially a prison or a jail, especially as punishment for a crime.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
the act of confining someone in a prison (or as if in a prison)
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: internment
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: confinement
Narrower terms: lockdown, false imprisonment, custody
putting someone in prison or in jail as lawful punishment
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: punishment, penalty, penalization, penalisation
the state of being imprisoned
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
he was held in captivity until he died the imprisonment of captured soldiers his ignominious incarceration in the local jail he practiced the immurement of his enemies in the castle dungeon
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: captivity, incarceration, immurement
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: confinement
Narrower terms: durance, life imprisonment, internment
From Anglo-Norman emprisonement, from Old French emprisonnement. See imprison + -ment.
Across languages
Translations 74 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Arabic :
حَبْس
(ḥabs)
— confinement
Arabic :
سَجْن
(sajn)
— confinement
Armenian :
բանտարկություն
(bantarkutʻyun)
— confinement
Asturian :
encarcelamientu
— confinement
Azerbaijani :
azadlıqdan məhrumetmə
— confinement
Belarusian :
зняво́ленне
(znjavóljennje)
— confinement
Belarusian :
пазбаўле́нне во́лі
(pazbawljénnje vóli)
— confinement
Bulgarian :
затваряне
(zatvarjane)
— confinement
Catalan :
empresonament
— confinement
Chinese Mandarin :
徒刑
(túxíng)
— confinement
Chinese Mandarin :
下獄 /下狱
(xiàyù)
— confinement
Czech :
uvěznění
— confinement
Czech :
zavření
— confinement
Danish :
fangenskab
— confinement
Dutch :
gevangenschap
— confinement
Estonian :
vangistus
— confinement
Faroese :
fangilsi
— confinement
Finnish :
vankeus
— confinement
French :
emprisonnement
— confinement
Galician :
encarceramento
— confinement
German :
Gefangenschaft
— confinement
German :
Haft
— confinement
Greek :
φυλάκιση
(fylákisi)
— confinement
Greek :
κάθειρξη
(kátheirxi)
— confinement
Hindi :
कारावास
(kārāvās)
— confinement
Hungarian :
szabadságvesztés
— confinement
Hungarian :
bebörtönzés
— confinement
Indonesian :
hukuman penjara
— confinement
Irish :
gabhann
— confinement
Irish :
príosún
— confinement
Irish :
príosúnacht
— confinement
Irish :
príosúnú
— confinement
Irish :
braighdeanas
— confinement
Italian :
detenzione
— confinement
Italian :
incarcerazione
— confinement
Italian :
carcerazione
— confinement
Japanese :
徒刑
(tokei)
— confinement
Japanese :
懲役
(chōeki)
— confinement
Japanese :
投獄
(tōgoku)
— confinement
Japanese :
拘禁刑
(kōkinkei)
— confinement
Khmer :
ការដាក់គុក
(kaa dak kuk)
— confinement
Korean :
투옥
(tuok)
— confinement
Korean :
도형
(dohyeong)
— confinement
Macedonian :
заробеништво
(zarobeništvo)
— confinement
Macedonian :
затворање
(zatvoranje)
— confinement
Malayalam :
തടവ്
(taṭavŭ)
— confinement
Māori :
mauheretanga
— confinement
Norwegian Bokmål :
fengsling
— confinement
Norwegian Nynorsk :
fengsling
— confinement
Occitan :
encarceracion
— confinement
Oromo :
hidhaa
— confinement
Polish :
uwięzienie
— confinement
Polish :
osądzenie
— confinement
Polish :
pozbawienie wolności
— confinement
Portuguese :
aprisionamento
— confinement
Romanian :
întemnițare
— confinement
Romanian :
încarcerare
— confinement
Russian :
заключе́ние
— confinement
Russian :
лише́ние свобо́ды
(lišénije svobódy)
— confinement
Russian :
заточе́ние
(zatočénije)
— confinement
Scottish Gaelic :
ciomachas
— confinement
Slovak :
väznenie
— confinement
Slovak :
uväznenie
— confinement
Lower Sorbian :
popajź
— confinement
Spanish :
aprisionamiento
— confinement
Swedish :
fångenskap
— confinement
Thai :
จําคุก
(jam-kúk)
— confinement
Turkish :
hapsetme
— confinement
Ukrainian :
ув'я́знення
(uvʺjáznennja)
— confinement
Ukrainian :
позба́влення во́лі
(pozbávlennja vóli)
— confinement
Vietnamese :
phạt tù
— confinement
Volapük :
fanäböpam
— confinement
Volapük :
fanäbam
— confinement
Welsh :
carchariad
— confinement
