imprisonment
/ɪmˈpɹɪzn̩.mənt/ noun B2- A confinement in a place, especially a prison or a jail, especially as punishment for a crime.
Plural imprisonments
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“The order of imprisonment came from high authority, and the order for his liberation must proceed from the same source; and, as Napoleon has scarcely been reinstated a fortnight, the letters have not yet been forwarded.”
As it was, he suffered a long term of imprisonment and afterwards returned to England a morose and disappointed man.
Anne smiled again, bravely facing the long years of solitary imprisonment before her.
“Since my imprisonment,” said Faria, “I have thought over all the most celebrated cases of escape on record.
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