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Incarceration

//ɪŋˌkɑː(ɹ)səˈɹeɪʃən//

Synonyms for "incarceration" (51 found)

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Informal (2)

Noun, verb, slang(2 words)

rack keelhauling

General use (49)

Noun, verb(8 words)

blockade torment torture duress siege picketing jailing strappado

Name, noun, verb(1 words)

Name, noun(4 words)

justice detention durance galleys

Noun(24 words)

enclosure circumscription inclusion penalty custody confinement punishment envelopment gauntlet martyrdom impalement imprisonment captivity gantlet hard labor dismemberment internment besetment estrapade immurement

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beleaguerment house arrest durance vile immuration

Verb(3 words)

blockading tar-and-feathering cordoning

rock pile penal servitude railriding the gantlet close arrest term of imprisonment

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