"incarceration" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ɪŋˌkɑː(ɹ)səˈɹeɪʃən/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-incarceration.wav Forms: incarcerations [plural]
Rhymes: -eɪʃən Etymology: From Medieval Latin incarcerātiō. Etymology templates: {{bor|en|ML.|incarcerātiō}} Medieval Latin incarcerātiō Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} incarceration (countable and uncountable, plural incarcerations)
  1. (chiefly US) The act of confining, or the state of being confined; imprisonment. Tags: US, countable, uncountable Translations (act of confining, or the state of being confined; imprisonment — see also imprisonment): բանտարկություն (bantarkutʻyun) (Armenian), azadlıqdan məhrumetmə (Azerbaijani), encarcerament (Catalan), 下獄 (Chinese Mandarin), 下狱 (xiàyù) (Chinese Mandarin), 監禁 (Chinese Mandarin), 监禁 (jiānjìn) (Chinese Mandarin), 有期徒刑 (yǒuqí túxíng) (english: limited term) (Chinese Mandarin), věznění (Czech), vangitseminen (Finnish), incarcération [feminine] (French), Einkerkerung [feminine] (German), φυλάκιση (fylákisi) [feminine] (Greek), מַאֲסָר (ma'asár) [masculine] (Hebrew), hukuman penjara (Indonesian), incarcerazione (Italian), 投獄 (tōgoku) (alt: とうごく) (Japanese), ബന്ധനം (bandhanaṁ) (Malayalam), ജയിൽ വാസം (jayil vāsaṁ) (Malayalam), ജയിലിലാക്കല് (jayililākkal) (Malayalam), inkarceracja [feminine] (Polish), pozbawienie wolności [neuter] (Polish), encarceramento [masculine] (Portuguese), лише́ние свобо́ды (lišénije svobódy) [neuter] (Russian), заключе́ние (zaključénije) (alt: в тюрьму) [neuter] (Russian), encarcelación [feminine] (Spanish), encarcelamiento [masculine] (Spanish), ув'язнення (uvʺjaznennja) [neuter] (Ukrainian), позба́влення во́лі (pozbávlennja vóli) [neuter] (Ukrainian)
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  2. (surgery, dated) strangulation, as in hernia. Tags: countable, dated, uncountable Categories (topical): Surgery Translations (formerly, strangulation, as in hernia): zauzlení (Czech)
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  3. A constriction of the hernial sac, rendering it irreducible, but not great enough to cause strangulation. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Prison Translations (constriction of the hernial sac): kurouma (Finnish)
    Sense id: en-incarceration-en-noun-wkI40ZbL Disambiguation of Prison: 27 20 54 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages using discouraged character sequences, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Armenian translations, Terms with Azerbaijani translations, Terms with Catalan translations, Terms with Czech translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Greek translations, Terms with Hebrew translations, Terms with Indonesian translations, Terms with Italian translations, Terms with Japanese translations, Terms with Malayalam translations, Terms with Mandarin translations, Terms with Polish translations, Terms with Portuguese translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Spanish translations, Terms with Ukrainian translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 35 11 54 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 46 6 48 Disambiguation of Pages using discouraged character sequences: 36 9 54 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 34 6 60 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 35 4 61 Disambiguation of Terms with Armenian translations: 43 16 41 Disambiguation of Terms with Azerbaijani translations: 43 16 41 Disambiguation of Terms with Catalan translations: 42 16 42 Disambiguation of Terms with Czech translations: 34 27 40 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 41 17 42 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 34 10 56 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 36 9 54 Disambiguation of Terms with Greek translations: 31 13 56 Disambiguation of Terms with Hebrew translations: 33 22 45 Disambiguation of Terms with Indonesian translations: 41 17 42 Disambiguation of Terms with Italian translations: 34 9 57 Disambiguation of Terms with Japanese translations: 36 9 55 Disambiguation of Terms with Malayalam translations: 36 9 55 Disambiguation of Terms with Mandarin translations: 40 18 43 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 43 16 41 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 41 16 43 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 41 8 51 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 33 8 59 Disambiguation of Terms with Ukrainian translations: 46 15 38 Disambiguation of 'constriction of the hernial sac': 13 7 80
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: decarceration, disincarceration, overincarceration, reincarceration Related terms: incarcerate

Inflected forms

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      "sense": "act of confining, or the state of being confined; imprisonment — see also imprisonment",
      "word": "有期徒刑"
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      "sense": "act of confining, or the state of being confined; imprisonment — see also imprisonment",
      "tags": [
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      "sense": "act of confining, or the state of being confined; imprisonment — see also imprisonment",
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      "sense": "act of confining, or the state of being confined; imprisonment — see also imprisonment",
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      "lang": "Indonesian",
      "sense": "act of confining, or the state of being confined; imprisonment — see also imprisonment",
      "word": "hukuman penjara"
    },
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      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "act of confining, or the state of being confined; imprisonment — see also imprisonment",
      "word": "incarcerazione"
    },
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      "alt": "とうごく",
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      "roman": "tōgoku",
      "sense": "act of confining, or the state of being confined; imprisonment — see also imprisonment",
      "word": "投獄"
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      "code": "ml",
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      "roman": "bandhanaṁ",
      "sense": "act of confining, or the state of being confined; imprisonment — see also imprisonment",
      "word": "ബന്ധനം"
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      "sense": "act of confining, or the state of being confined; imprisonment — see also imprisonment",
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      "sense": "act of confining, or the state of being confined; imprisonment — see also imprisonment",
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      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "act of confining, or the state of being confined; imprisonment — see also imprisonment",
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      "word": "inkarceracja"
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      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "act of confining, or the state of being confined; imprisonment — see also imprisonment",
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      "word": "pozbawienie wolności"
    },
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      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "act of confining, or the state of being confined; imprisonment — see also imprisonment",
      "tags": [
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      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "lišénije svobódy",
      "sense": "act of confining, or the state of being confined; imprisonment — see also imprisonment",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "лише́ние свобо́ды"
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      "roman": "zaključénije",
      "sense": "act of confining, or the state of being confined; imprisonment — see also imprisonment",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "заключе́ние"
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      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "act of confining, or the state of being confined; imprisonment — see also imprisonment",
      "tags": [
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      ],
      "word": "encarcelación"
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      "code": "es",
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      "sense": "act of confining, or the state of being confined; imprisonment — see also imprisonment",
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      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "uvʺjaznennja",
      "sense": "act of confining, or the state of being confined; imprisonment — see also imprisonment",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "ув'язнення"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "pozbávlennja vóli",
      "sense": "act of confining, or the state of being confined; imprisonment — see also imprisonment",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
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      "word": "позба́влення во́лі"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "formerly, strangulation, as in hernia",
      "word": "zauzlení"
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    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "constriction of the hernial sac",
      "word": "kurouma"
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}

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