imprisonment
noun/ɪmˈprɪzənmənt/
Frequency rank: #4,846 of 20,003 in the WORDED list (wordfreq data)
Meaning
the state of being kept in prison as punishment
Example sentence
The judge sentenced the criminal to ten years of imprisonment.
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