Associations to the word «Imprisonment»
Noun
- Crime
- Repression
- Tort
- Lash
- Prostitution
- Disobedience
- Restitution
- Convict
- Custody
- Accomplice
- Trial
- Lettre
- Accused
- Arson
- Forgery
- Jury
- Inmate
- Bribery
- Detainee
- Prosecutor
- Disgrace
- Negligence
- Pornography
- Discretion
- Fraud
- Interrogation
- Condemnation
- Month
- Magistrate
- Auschwitz
- Intercourse
- Theft
- Writ
- Prisoner
- Expulsion
- Minimum
- Criminal
- Abolition
- Purge
- Inquisition
- Genocide
- Spying
- Misuse
- Contempt
- Wilde
- Conspirator
- Homosexuality
- Perpetrator
- Killing
- Gestapo
- Debt
- Apartheid
- Vagabond
- Breach
- Homicide
- Coercion
- Court
- Dismissal
Adjective
Verb
Adverb
Wiktionary
IMPRISONMENT, noun. A confinement in a place, especially a prison or a jail, as punishment for a crime.
IMPRISONMENT WARRANT, noun. (legal) a court order authorising the imprisonment of a person sentenced to imprisonment; a court order authorising the execution of an imprisonment sentence.
Dictionary definition
IMPRISONMENT, noun. Putting someone in prison or in jail as lawful punishment.
IMPRISONMENT, noun. The state of being imprisoned; "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".
IMPRISONMENT, noun. The act of confining someone in a prison (or as if in a prison).
Wise words
It is better wither to be silent, or to say things of more
value than silence. Sooner throw a pearl at hazard than an
idle or useless word; and do not say a little in many words,
but a great deal in a few.