Imprisonment
[ɪm'prɪz(ə)nm(ə)nt] or [ɪm'prɪznmənt]
Definition
(noun.) the act of confining someone in a prison (or as if in a prison).
(noun.) putting someone in prison or in jail as lawful punishment.
Checker: Raffles--From WordNet
Synonyms and Synonymous
n. Incarceration, confinement, commitment, restraint, constraint, duress, durance.
Edited by Carmella
Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Restraint, incarceration, durance, confinement
ANT:Freedom, liberation
Edited by Cary
Examples
- As it was, he suffered a long term of imprisonment and afterwards returned to England a morose and disappointed man. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
- For myself, my Canterbury Pilgrimage has done much; imprisonment on civil process, and want, will soon do more. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
- Crushed at first by his imprisonment, he had soon found a dull relief in it. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
- Let me share your imprisonment on Shador. Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.
- Our dainty fare was often exchanged for blows and imprisonment. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- Has it been your misfortune to undergo a long imprisonment, without trial, or even accusation, in your native country, Doctor Manette? Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
- Young man,' said Mr. Stiggins ostentatiously, 'I fear you are not softened by imprisonment. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- The master and mariners, knowing this offence, forfeit all their goods and chattels, and suffer three months imprisonment. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- And a world state and universal justice does not mean the imprisonment of our race in any bleak institutional orderliness. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Let us out, you old fox, or I'll get him to bring an action against you for false imprisonment. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
- I judge by your looks, brave sir, that imprisonment will subdue your blood much sooner than it softens this hot wine. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
- What would it profit a woman, for example, to get him a few months' imprisonment if her own ruin must immediately follow? Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
- He answered, in a tone that went to every heart, A long imprisonment. Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
- But Beppo was condemned to a year's imprisonment, and in the meanwhile his six busts were scattered over London. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
- That is a dreadful imprisonment, said Will, impetuously. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
Typist: Shelley