imprisonment
Variant of imprison
im·prison (im priz′ən)
transitive verb
- to put or keep in prison; jail
- to restrict, limit, or confine in any way
imprisonment
n.
Forcible detention
incarceration, custody, confinement, captivity, isolation, duress, durance, bondage, thralldom, quarantine, limbo, immuration, remand; see also arrest 1, confinement 1, restraint 2.Antonyms
freedom*, liberty*, enlargement. * Placing in forcible detention
confining, jailing, imprisoning, capturing, incarcerating, locking up, subjecting, enthralling, quarantining, immuring, detaining.
Thou art become (O worst imprisonment!) The Dungeon of thy self.
Forasmuch as there isgreat noise in the city caused by hustling over large balls, from which many evils may arise, which God forbid, we command and forbid on behalf of the King, on pain of imprisonment, such game to be used in the city in future.
No foteball player be used or suffered within the City of London and the liberties thereof upon pain of imprisonment.
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