incarceration
Noun
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The state of being imprisoned (synset 114022691)
"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"is a type of: confinement - the state of being confinedsubtypes:
- durance - imprisonment (especially for a long time)
- life imprisonment - a sentence of imprisonment until death
- internment - confinement during wartime
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