incarceration
I
noun
arrest, bondage, captivity, career, commitment, confinement, confinement by public authority, confinement in a jail, confinement in a penitentiary, confinement under legal process, constraint, custodia, custodianship, custody, detention, immurement, impoundment, imprisonment, internment, legal restraint, restraint, restriction, restriction on personal liberty, vincula
associated concepts: deterrence, habeas corpus, isolation, parole, rehabilitation, retribution, sentencing
II
index
apprehension (act of arresting), arrest, bondage, captivity, cell, commitment (confinement), constraint (imprisonment), detention, durance, enclosure, fetter, restraint
Burton's Legal Thesaurus.
William C. Burton.
2006