Interment vs. Internment

Intermentnoun

The act of burying a dead body; burial.

Intermentnoun

The act or ceremony of depositing a dead body in the earth; burial; sepulture; inhumation.

Intermentnoun

the ritual placing of a corpse in a grave

Intermentnoun

the burial of a corpse in a grave or tomb, typically with funeral rites

Internmentnoun

Confinement within narrow limits, as of foreign troops, to the interior of a country.

Internmentnoun

Confinement within narrow limits, - as of foreign troops, to the interior of a country.

Internmentnoun

Confining within a country for the duration of a war; - usually of citizens of a hostile power.

Internmentnoun

confinement during wartime

Internmentnoun

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

Internmentnoun

placing private property in the custody of an officer of the law

Internment

Internment is the imprisonment of people, commonly in large groups, without charges or intent to file charges. The term is especially used for the confinement .