Word Meanings - INCARCERATION - Book Publishers vocabulary database
1. The act of confining, or the state of being confined; imprisonment. Glanvill. Formerly, strangulation, as in hernia. A constriction of the hernial sac, rendering it irreducible, but not great enough to cause strangulation.
Possible synonyms: (Same meaning words of INCARCERATION)
- Bondage
- Servitude
- confinement
- imprisonment
- incarceration
- subjection
- serfdom
- thraldom
- captivity
- slavery
- Durance
- Confinement
- Imprisonment
- Restraint
- durance
Related words: (words related to INCARCERATION)
- INCARCERATION
1. The act of confining, or the state of being confined; imprisonment. Glanvill. Formerly, strangulation, as in hernia. A constriction of the hernial sac, rendering it irreducible, but not great enough to cause strangulation. - SUBJECTION
1. The act of subjecting, or of bringing under the dominion of another; the act of subduing. The conquest of the kingdom, and subjection of the rebels. Sir M. Hale. 2. The state of being subject, or under the power, control, and government - BONDAGE
Villenage; tenure of land on condition of doing the meanest services for the owner. Syn. -- Thralldom; bond service; imprisonment. (more info) 1. The state of being bound; condition of being under restraint; restraint of personal liberty - CAPTIVITY
1. The state of being a captive or a prisoner. More celebrated in his captivity that in his greatest triumphs. Dryden. 2. A state of being under control; subjection of the will or affections; bondage. Sink in the soft captivity together. Addison. - THRALDOM
The condition of a thrall; slavery; bondage; state of servitude. Women are born to thraldom and penance And to be under man's governance. Chaucer. He shall rule, and she in thraldom live. Dryden. - IMPRISONMENT
The act of imprisoning, or the state of being imprisoned; confinement; restraint. His sinews waxen weak and raw Through long imprisonment and hard constraint. Spenser. Every confinement of the person is an imprisonment, whether it be in a common - CONFINEMENT
1. Restraint within limits; imprisonment; any restraint of liberty; seclusion. The mind hates restraint, and is apt to fancy itself under confinement when the sight is pent up. Addison. 2. Restraint within doors by sickness, esp. that caused by - SLAVERY
1. The condition of a slave; the state of entire subjection of one person to the will of another. Disguise thyself as thou wilt, still, slavery, said I, still thou art a bitter draught! Sterne. I wish, from my soul, that the legislature of this - BONDAGER
A field worker, esp. a woman who works in the field. - SERVITUDE
A right whereby one thing is subject to another thing or person for use or convenience, contrary to the common right. Note: The object of a servitude is either to suffer something to be done by another, or to omit to do something, with respect to - RESTRAINT
1. The act or process of restraining, or of holding back or hindering from motion or action, in any manner; hindrance of the will, or of any action, physical or mental. No man was altogether above the restrains of law, and no man altogether below - DURANCE
1. Continuance; duration. See Endurance. Of how short durance was this new-made state! Dryden. 2. Imprisonment; restraint of the person; custody by a jailer; duress. Shak. "Durance vile." Burns. In durance, exile, Bedlam or the mint. Pope. A stout - INSUBJECTION
Want of subjection or obedience; a state of disobedience, as to government. - PERDURANCE; PERDURATION
Long continuance. - VAGABONDAGE
The condition of a vagabond; a state or habit of wandering about in idleness; vagrancy. - RESUBJECTION
A second subjection. - REIMPRISONMENT
The act of reimprisoning, or the state of being reimprisoned. - UNRESTRAINT
Freedom from restraint; freedom; liberty; license. - INDURANCE
See ENDURANCE - ANTISLAVERY
Opposed to slavery. -- n. - PROSLAVERY
Favoring slavery. -- n.