Dictionary 1. (n.) The act of confining, or the state of being confined; imprisonment.2. (n.) Formerly, strangulation, as in hernia. 3. (n.) A constriction of the hernial sac, rendering it irreducible, but not great enough to cause strangulation. Thesaurus beleaguerment besetment blockade blockading captivity circumscription close arrest confinement cordoning detention dismemberment durance durance vile duress enclosure envelopment estrapade galleys hard labor house arrest immuration immurement impalement imprisonment inclusion internment jailing keelhauling martyrdom penal servitude picketing quarantine railriding rock pile siege strappado tar-and-feathering term of imprisonment the gantlet torment torture |
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