Imprisonment vs. Incarceration

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.

Incarcerationnoun

The act of confining, or the state of being confined; imprisonment.

Incarcerationnoun

strangulation, as in hernia.

Incarcerationnoun

A constriction of the hernial sac, rendering it irreducible, but not great enough to cause strangulation.

Incarcerationnoun

The act of confining, or the state of being confined; imprisonment.

Incarcerationnoun

Formerly, strangulation, as in hernia.

Incarcerationnoun

the state of being imprisoned;