Imprison ment /(?)/

Im·pris·on ment

Imprison ment

n.
  1. The act of imprisoning, or the state of being imprisoned; confinement; restraint.
    His sinews waxen weak and raw Through long imprisonment and hard constraint.
    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.

Phrases & Compounds
False imprisonment
See under False.