Bondage vs. Imprisonment

Bondagenoun

The state of being enslaved or the practice of slavery.

Bondagenoun

(by extension) The state of lacking freedom; constraint.

Bondagenoun

The practice of tying people up for sexual pleasure.

Bondagenoun

(attributive) Applied to clothing with many buckles, zips, etc., associated with punk and goth subcultures.

Bondagenoun

The state of being bound; condition of being under restraint; restraint of personal liberty by compulsion; involuntary servitude; slavery; captivity.

Bondagenoun

Obligation; tie of duty.

Bondagenoun

Villenage; tenure of land on condition of doing the meanest services for the owner.

Bondagenoun

the state of being under the control of another person

Bondagenoun

sexual practice that involves physically restraining (by cords or handcuffs) one of the partners

Imprisonmentnoun

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

Imprisonmentnoun

putting someone in prison or in jail as lawful punishment

Imprisonmentnoun

the state of being imprisoned;

Imprisonmentnoun

the act of confining someone in a prison (or as if in a prison)

Imprisonment

Imprisonment (from imprison, via French emprisonner, originally from [Latin] prensio, arrest, from prehendere, prendere, ) in law is the specific state of being physically incarcerated or confined in an institutional setting such as a prison. Courts of the United States, including the U.S. Supreme Court, have recognized that the minimum period in an indeterminate sentence that was actually imposed by a court of law is the official term of imprisonment.