imprisonment

Meanings

• Noun

  The act of confining or restricting someone's freedom, typically for a punishable offense.

  - "He was sentenced to five years' imprisonment for robbery."
  - "The imprisonment of political dissidents is a violation of human rights."

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Pronunciation

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Synonyms

incarceration , jaildom

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Rhymes

Words rhyming with imprisonment
chasm , prism , gism , psalm

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Variants

List of all variants of imprisonment that leads to same result
imprison , imprisoned , imprisoning , imprisonment , imprisonments , imprisons , false imprisonment , false imprisonments , life imprisonment

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Etymology

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From the Old French word 'emprisonner', meaning 'to enclose within walls'.

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Trivia

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1. The term 'imprisonment' is derived from the Old French word 'emprisonner'.

2. The longest recorded prison sentence in history was given to Alfred Dugas, who was sentenced to 1,102,000 years in 1836 for counterfeiting.

3. The Guinness World Records title for the longest time spent in solitary confinement goes to Ashraf Fayadh, who spent 8 years in a Saudi Arabian prison for expressing his views on poetry.

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Related Concepts

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1. Parole: The release of a prisoner on conditions that they will not commit further offenses.

2. Bail: Money or property deposited to secure a person's release from prison, pending trial.

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Culture

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Imprisonment has been a significant theme in literature, art, and music, often used as a metaphor for emotional or psychological confinement. For instance, Edgar Allan Poe's short story 'The Cask of Amontillado' explores the concept of revenge and imprisonment.

How to Memorize "imprisonment"

1. visualize
   

   - Imagine a person being handcuffed and led away to a prison cell.

2. associate
   

   - Associate the word with the image of a prison, bars, and guards.

3. mnemonics
   

   - Create a mnemonic by remembering the phrase 'Inside Prisons, People Are Restrained'.

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