imprisonment meaning and definition

IMPRISONMENT noun

Definition of imprisonment (noun)

1. putting someone in prison or in jail as lawful punishment
2. 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"
   • synonyms: captivity, immurement, incarceration
3. the act of confining someone in a prison (or as if in a prison)
   • synonyms: internment