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Webster 1913 Edition
Imprison ment
Im-pris′on ment
,Noun.
[OE.
enprisonment
; F. emprisonnement
.] The act of imprisoning, or the state of being imprisoned; confinement; restraint.
His sinews waxen weak and raw
Through long
Through long
imprisonment
and hard constraint. Spenser.
Every confinement of the person is an
imprisonment
, whether it be in a common prison, or in a private house, or even by foreibly detaining one in the public streets. Blackstone.
Syn. – Incarceration; custody; confinement; durance; restraint.