Incarceration

//ɪŋˌkɑː(ɹ)səˈɹeɪʃən//

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The word "incarceration" can be used as a noun.

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decarceration disincarceration e-carceration incarcerative overincarceration reincarceration

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confine constriction hernia hernial sac imprisonment incarcerate strangulation

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