Imprisonment - Definition
imprisonment
n 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" [syn:
captivity, imprisonment, incarceration, immurement]
3: the act of confining someone in a prison (or as if in a
prison) [syn: imprisonment, internment]