incarceration

Betekenis (Engels)

1. (US, countable, uncountable) The act of confining, or the state of being confined; imprisonment.
2. (countable, dated, uncountable) A strangulation, as in a hernia.
3. (countable, uncountable) A constriction of the hernial sac, rendering it irreducible, but not great enough to cause strangulation.

Sinonieme

imprisonment

confinement

immurement

captivity

custody

jail

durance

duress

restraint

strangulated hernia

apprehension

depressed feeling

bondage

capture

commitment

gaol

house arrest

isolation

limbo

Vertalings

incarcération

encarcelamiento

incarcerazione

Einkerkerung

emprisonnement

encarcelación

encarceramento

prisión

السجن

carcerazione

détention

empresonament

detenzione

φυλάκιση

Einsperrung

Uitgespreek as (IPA)

/ɪŋˌkɑː(ɹ)səˈɹeɪʃən/

Etimologie (Engels)

From Medieval Latin incarcerātiō.