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# imprisonment

«imprisonment» in Mova's school dictionary: **Being kept in prison as a punishment** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

noun (imprisonment — usually uncountable)

### meaning for a pupil

1) (law) Being kept in prison as a punishment. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/imprisonment/#m1)

2) Being shut in or not free to leave a place. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/imprisonment/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

In history (prisoners, castles, Nelson Mandela) and law (sentences in court). Phrases: life imprisonment, sentenced to imprisonment, years of imprisonment.

### examples

- Nelson Mandela survived 27 years of imprisonment. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/imprisonment/#x1)
- The robber was sentenced to five years' imprisonment. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/imprisonment/#x2)
- Life imprisonment is the most serious sentence in the UK. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/imprisonment/#x3)
- The princess escaped from her imprisonment in the tower. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/imprisonment/#x4)
- Imprisonment without trial is unfair. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/imprisonment/#x5)
- Animals in tiny cages suffer a kind of imprisonment. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/imprisonment/#x6)
- From this imprisonment the wicked old man was never freed. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/imprisonment/#x7)

### note

Usually uncountable. Verb: imprison; person: prisoner. Spelling: imprison + -ment.

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «imprisonment» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/imprisonment/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.