incarceration 音标拼音: [ɪnk
, ɑrsɚ'eʃən]
n . 下狱,监禁,幽闭
下狱,监禁,幽闭
incarceration n 1 :
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 " [
synonym : {
captivity }, {
imprisonment },
{
incarceration }, {
immurement }]
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[
1913 Webster ]
1 .
The act of confining ,
or the state of being confined ;
imprisonment . --
Glanvill .
[
1913 Webster ]
2 . (
Med .)
(
a )
Formerly ,
strangulation ,
as in hernia .
(
b )
A constriction of the hernial sac ,
rendering it irreducible ,
but not great enough to cause strangulation .
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1913 Webster ]
41 Moby Thesaurus words for "
incarceration ":
beleaguerment ,
besetment ,
blockade ,
blockading ,
captivity ,
circumscription ,
close arrest ,
confinement ,
cordoning ,
detention ,
dismemberment ,
durance ,
durance vile ,
duress ,
enclosure ,
envelopment ,
estrapade ,
galleys ,
hard labor ,
house arrest ,
immuration ,
immurement ,
impalement ,
imprisonment ,
inclusion ,
internment ,
jailing ,
keelhauling ,
martyrdom ,
penal servitude ,
picketing ,
quarantine ,
railriding ,
rock pile ,
siege ,
strappado ,
tar -
and -
feathering ,
term of imprisonment ,
the gantlet ,
torment ,
torture
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