imprisonment en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- /ɪmˈpɹɪzn̩.mənt/ (UK)
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Etymology
From Anglo-Norman emprisonement, from Old French emprisonnement. See imprison + -ment.
Meanings
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(countable, uncountable) A confinement in a place, especially a prison or a jail, especially as punishment for a crime.
Oh, by what plots, by what forswearings, betrayings, oppressions, imprisonments, tortures, poisonings, and under what reasons of state and politic subtilty, have these forenamed kings […] pulled the vengeance of God upon themselves […]
1614, Walter Ralegh [i.e., Walter Raleigh], The Historie of the World […], London: […] William Stansby for Walter Burre, […], →OCLC, (please specify |book=1 to 5):Human rights organisations say many experience imprisonment and beatings along the way.
2023 August 21, Paul Adams, “Hundreds of migrants killed by Saudi border guards - report”, in BBC, archived from the original on 03 Feb 2024:His sinews woxen weake and raw / Through long emprisonment and hard constraint.
1590, Edmund Spenser, “Book I, Canto X”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC, stanza 2:Every confinement of the person is an imprisonment, whether it be in a common prison, or in a private house, or even by forcibly detaining one in the public streets.
1765–1769, William Blackstone, Commentaries on the Laws of England, (please specify |book=I to IV), Oxford, Oxfordshire: […] Clarendon Press, →OCLC:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| imprisonments | Number=Plur | lexicographic | |
| emprisonment | alternative, obsolete | lexicographic |
Deriveds
reimprisonment · overimprisonment · imprisonment warrant · false imprisonment · misimprisonment · life imprisonment
Synonyms
Translations (74)
ca empresonament (confinement) · gl encarceramento (confinement) · be зняво́ленне (confinement) · hy բանտարկություն (confinement) · vo fanäbam (confinement) · mk заробеништво (confinement) · pt aprisionamento (confinement) · da fangenskab (confinement) · nl gevangenschap (confinement) · gd ciomachas (confinement) · et vangistus (confinement) · uk ув'я́знення (confinement) · th จำคุก (confinement) · hi कारावास (confinement) · fo fangilsi (confinement) · oc encarceracion (confinement) · ja 拘禁刑 (confinement) · ro întemnițare (confinement) · vi phạt tù (confinement) · tr hapsetme (confinement) · fr emprisonnement (confinement) · pl osądzenie (confinement) · sv fångenskap (confinement) · id hukuman penjara (confinement) · om hidhaa (confinement) · ro încarcerare (confinement) · mi mauheretanga (confinement) · mk затворање (confinement) · cmn 下獄 /下狱 (confinement) · ar سَجْن (confinement) · ja 徒刑 (confinement) · vo fanäböpam (confinement) · ru заключе́ние (confinement) · az azadlıqdan məhrumetmə (confinement) · el φυλάκιση (confinement) · el κάθειρξη (confinement) · bg затваряне (confinement) · ga braighdeanas (confinement) · ru заточе́ние (confinement) · sk uväznenie (confinement) · de Gefangenschaft (confinement) · be пазбаўле́нне во́лі (confinement) · it incarcerazione (confinement) · fi vankeus (confinement) · uk позба́влення во́лі (confinement) · sk väznenie (confinement) · cs zavření (confinement) · ga príosúnú (confinement) · cmn 徒刑 (confinement) · nb fengsling (confinement) · ko 도형 (confinement) · ml തടവ് (confinement) · hu bebörtönzés (confinement) · ga gabhann (confinement) · cy carchariad (confinement) · it carcerazione (confinement) · de Haft (confinement) · nn fengsling (confinement) · hu szabadságvesztés (confinement) · km ការដាក់គុក (confinement) · it detenzione (confinement) · es aprisionamiento (confinement) · ru лише́ние свобо́ды (confinement) · dsb popajź (confinement) · cs uvěznění (confinement) · ja 懲役 (confinement) · ko 투옥 (confinement) · pl uwięzienie (confinement) · ja 投獄 (confinement) · ar حَبْس (confinement) · ga príosún (confinement) · pl pozbawienie wolności (confinement) · ga príosúnacht (confinement) · ast encarcelamientu (confinement)