imprisonment

English Thesaurus

1. the act of confining someone in a prison (or as if in a prison) (noun.act)

hypernym	:	confinement,
definition	:	the act of restraining of a person's liberty by confining them (noun.act)

hyponym	:	lockdown,
definition	:	the act of confining prisoners to their cells (usually to regain control during a riot) (noun.act)

hyponym	:	false imprisonment,
definition	:	(law) confinement without legal authority (noun.act)

hyponym	:	custody,
definition	:	holding by the police (noun.act)

2. putting someone in prison or in jail as lawful punishment (noun.act)

hypernym	:	penalisation, penalization, penalty, punishment,
definition	:	the act of punishing (noun.act)

domain category	:	jurisprudence, law,
definition	:	the collection of rules imposed by authority (noun.group)

3. the state of being imprisoned (noun.state)

hypernym	:	confinement,
definition	:	the state of being confined (noun.state)

hyponym	:	durance,
definition	:	imprisonment (especially for a long time) (noun.state)

hyponym	:	life imprisonment,
definition	:	a sentence of imprisonment until death (noun.state)

hyponym	:	internment,
definition	:	confinement during wartime (noun.state)

4. the act of confining someone in a prison (or as if in a prison) (noun.act)

derivation	:	gaol, immure, imprison, incarcerate, jail, jug, lag, put away, put behind bars, remand,
definition	:	lock up or confine, in or as in a jail (verb.social)

derivation	:	intern,
definition	:	deprive of freedom (verb.social)

5. putting someone in prison or in jail as lawful punishment (noun.act)

derivation	:	gaol, immure, imprison, incarcerate, jail, jug, lag, put away, put behind bars, remand, gaol, immure, imprison, incarcerate, jail, jug, lag, put away, put behind bars, remand,
definition	:	lock up or confine, in or as in a jail (verb.social)

6. the state of being imprisoned (noun.state)

derivation	:	imprison,
definition	:	confine as if in a prison (verb.social)

derivation	:	captive, confined, imprisoned, jailed,
definition	:	being in captivity (adj.all)

7. the act of confining someone in a prison (or as if in a prison) (noun.act)

derivation	:	gaol, immure, imprison, incarcerate, jail, jug, lag, put away, put behind bars, remand,
definition	:	lock up or confine, in or as in a jail (verb.social)

derivation	:	intern,
definition	:	deprive of freedom (verb.social)

8. putting someone in prison or in jail as lawful punishment (noun.act)

derivation	:	gaol, immure, imprison, incarcerate, jail, jug, lag, put away, put behind bars, remand, gaol, immure, imprison, incarcerate, jail, jug, lag, put away, put behind bars, remand,
definition	:	lock up or confine, in or as in a jail (verb.social)

9. the state of being imprisoned (noun.state)

derivation	:	imprison,
definition	:	confine as if in a prison (verb.social)

derivation	:	captive, confined, imprisoned, jailed,
definition	:	being in captivity (adj.all)