incarceration Meaning, Definition & Usage
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noun the state of being imprisoned
immurement; imprisonment; captivity.
- 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
WordNet
In*car`cer*a"tion noun
Etymology
Cf. F.Definitions
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The act of confining, or the state of being confined; imprisonment. Glanvill. -
(Med.) (a) Formerly, strangulation, as in hernia. (b) A constriction of the hernial sac, rendering it irreducible, but not great enough to cause strangulation.
