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imprisonment

Definition:

(nou) putting someone in prison or in jail as lawful punishment (nou) the state of being imprisoned (nou) the act of confining someone in a prison (or as if in a prison)

Phonetic Transcription:

ɪmˈprɪznmənt

Examples:

The song deals with the imprisonment of inmate.

Their dominion is a continuance of the original imprisonment.

He is resentful of the world for his imprisonment.

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