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incarceration

noun

  1. detention of a person
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Pronunciation: /ɪŋˌkɑː(ɹ)səˈɹeɪʃən/

noun

Etymology: Etymology tree Medieval Latin incarcerātiōbor. English incarceration Borrowed from Medieval Latin incarcerātiō, equivalent to incarcerate + -ion.

  1. The act of confining, or the state of being confined; imprisonment.

    Perpetrated over time, better walk the narrow line / Never challenge what we say / In the darkness of our mind, never thought we'd be so blind / Let the nightmare get away / Isolation cannot be / The best, the best that we can do / Build a cage full of rage, inner demons call your name / Suicide, your only friend / Extermination of ourselves, mass incarceration / Termination of ourselves, mass incarcerate / In the cage, in the cage / You will remain

    […]Syria reemerged indirectly, through Turkey's incarceration of Pastor Andrew Brunson.

  2. A strangulation, as in a hernia.
  3. A constriction of the hernial sac, rendering it irreducible, but not great enough to cause strangulation.