incarceration
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incarceration
- /ɪŋˌkɑː(ɹ)səˈɹeɪʃən/
Rhymes with -eɪʃən
Where it comes from
Borrowed from Medieval Latin incarcerātiō, equivalent to incarcerate + -ion.
noun incarcerations
- The act of confining, or the state of being confined; imprisonment. Perpetrated over time, better walk the narrow line / Never challenge what we say / In the darkness of our mind, never thought we'd be so blind / Let the nightmare get away / Isolation cannot be / The best, the best that we can do / Build a cage full of rage, inner demons call your name / Suicide, yo
- A strangulation, as in a hernia.
- A constriction of the hernial sac, rendering it irreducible, but not great enough to cause strangulation.
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: imprisonment, captivity, immurement, jailing, gaol, confinement, penitentiary, prison, internment, jail, detainment, detention, arrest, custody, remand, sentencing
Translations
Every language
noun act of confining, or the state of being confined; imprisonment — see also imprisonment
| Español | encarcelación, encarcelamiento, carcelazo |
|---|---|
| 日本語 | 投獄 tōgoku |
| 中文 | 下獄 /下狱 xiàyù, 監禁 /监禁 jiānjìn, 有期徒刑 yǒuqí túxíng |
| Português | encarceramento |
| Français | incarcération |
| Deutsch | Einkerkerung |
| Italiano | incarcerazione |
| Ελληνικά | φυλάκιση fylákisi |
| Русский | лише́ние свобо́ды lišénije svobódy, заключе́ние zaključénije |
| العربية | حَبْس ḥabs, سَجْن sajn |
| עברית | מַאֲסָר ma'asár |
Talk about this word "incarceration." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/incarceration. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. incarceration. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/incarceration "incarceration." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/incarceration.Cite this
@misc{incarceration_2026,
title = {incarceration},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
url = {https://micwyn.com/word/incarceration},
urldate = {2026-11-06}
}
