Prisonment

//ˈpɹɪzənmənt// noun

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Noun

1
Imprisonment. archaic, countable, uncountable
"Yet will I never of my love repent, / But joy that for his sake I suffer prisonment."

Example

"Yet will I never of my love repent, / But joy that for his sake I suffer prisonment."

Etymology

Partly from prison + -ment, partly shortened from imprisonment.

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