Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary · 1913

Imprison ment

Imprison ment , noun

[Old English enprisonment; French emprisonnement.]

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 prison, or in a private house, or even by foreibly detaining one in the public streets. — Blackstone
Collocations (1)
False imprisonment (Law) , See under False.