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A confinement in a place, especially a prison or a jail, as punishment for a crime.

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imprisonment

Source Word

imprisonment

IPA(Pronunciation)

countable uncountable

A confinement in a place, especially a prison or a jail, as punishment for a crime.

Japanese Meaning

監禁、つまり犯罪に対する刑罰として、刑務所または拘置所に収監される状態を指す。 / 投獄、犯罪の結果としての拘禁状態を意味する。

After being found guilty, he faced several years of imprisonment for his actions.

有罪判決を受けた後、彼はその行為に対して数年間の投獄を言い渡された。

Sense（1）

A confinement in a place, especially a prison or a jail, as punishment for a crime.

His sinews woxen weake and raw / Through long emprisonment and hard constraint.

imprisonments

（ plural ）