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Meaning of 'incarceration' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Incarceration [ n.]
- The act of confining, or the state of being confined; imprisonment.
- Formerly, strangulation, as in hernia.
- A constriction of the hernial sac, rendering it irreducible, but not great enough to cause strangulation.

Meaning of 'incarceration' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . incarceration [ n]
Meaning (1):
- the state of being imprisoned
Example in sentence:
  • he practiced the immurement of his enemies in the castle dungeon;
  • he was held in captivity until he died;
  • his ignominious incarceration in the local jail;
  • the imprisonment of captured soldiers

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