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Incarceration

The act of confining, or the state of being confined; imprisonment.

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Confinement 76% connected

Restraint within limits; imprisonment; any restraint of liberty; seclusion.

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Durance 76% connected

Continuance; duration. See Endurance.

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Internment 76% connected

Confinement within narrow limits, -- as of foreign troops, to the interior of a country.

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Imprison 74% connected

To put in prison or jail; To arrest and detain in custody; to confine.

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Imprison 74% connected

To put in prison or jail; To arrest and detain in custody; to confine.

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Captivity 92% connected

The state of being a captive or a prisoner.

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Immurement 92% connected

The act iif immuring, or the state of being immured; imprsonment.

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