Incarceration Moderate

Origin: Latin suffix -tion

Incarceration has 2 different meanings across 1 category:

Definitions

Noun

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"

captivity imprisonment incarceration immurement

The act of confining, or the state of being confined; imprisonment.

"After his long incarceration for embezzlement, he finally walked out into the sunlight to start over."

Example Sentences

"he was held in captivity until he died" noun

"the imprisonment of captured soldiers" noun

"his ignominious incarceration in the local jail" noun

"he practiced the immurement of his enemies in the castle dungeon" noun