| Main Entry: | imprisonment |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | forcible detention |
Synonyms: |
bondage, captivity, captivity, confinement, custody, durance, duress, immuration, incarceration, isolation, quarantine, remand, restraint, thraldom, thralldom |
Antonyms: |
freedom, liberty |
| Main Entry: | imprisonment |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | placing in forcible detention |
Synonyms: |
capturing, confining, detaining, immuring, imprisoning, incarcerating, jailing, locking up, quarantining |
Antonyms: |
discharge, liberating, release |
| Main Entry: | arrest |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | taking into custody |
Synonyms: |
accommodation, apprehension, appropriation, bag*, booby trap, bust, captivity, capture, collar, commitment, confinement, constraint, crimp, detention, drop*, fall*, gaff, glom, grab*, heat*, hook*, imprisonment, incarceration, jailing, mitt, nab, nail, nick, nip, pick up*, pickle, pinch*, preventive custody, protective custody, pull in, pull*, restraining, run in, sequestering, snare, sweep* |
| Main Entry: | captivity |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | physical detention by force |
Synonyms: |
bondage, committal, confinement, constraint, custody, durance, duress, enslavement, enthrallment, entombment, impoundment, imprisonment, incarceration, internment, jail, limbo, restraint, serfdom, servitude, slavery, subjection, thralldom, vassalage |
Antonyms: |
freedom, independence, liberty, license |
| Main Entry: | capture |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | catching, forceful holding |
Synonyms: |
abduction, acquirement, acquisition, apprehension, appropriating, appropriation, arrest, bag*, bust, catch, collar, commandeering, confiscation, drop*, ensnaring, fall, gaining, grab*, grasping, hit the jackpot, hook*, imprisonment, knock off, laying hold of, nab, nail, obtaining, occupation, pick up*, pinch*, pull*, run in, securing, seizing, seizure, snatching, sweep*, taking, taking captive, taking into custody, trapping, trip, winning |
Antonyms: |
freeing, letting go, liberalization, release |
| Main Entry: | custody |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | confinement, jailing |
Synonyms: |
arrest, detention, duress, imprisonment, incarceration, jail, keeping |
Antonyms: |
freedom, liberation, liberty |
| Main Entry: | duress |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | threat, hardship |
Synonyms: |
bondage, captivity, coercion, compulsion, confinement, constraint, control, detention, discipline, force, imprisonment, incarceration, pressure, restraint, violence |
| Main Entry: | restraint |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | limitation; something that holds |
Synonyms: |
abridgment, arrest, ban, bar, barrier, bondage, bridle, captivity, chains, check, command, confinement, constraint, cramp, curb, decrease, deprivation, detention, determent, deterrence, embargo, fetters, hindrance, impediment, imprisonment, instruction, interdict, limit, manacles, obstacle, obstruction, order, pinions, prohibition, reduction, rein, repression, restriction, rope, stop, stoppage, straitjacket, string, taboo, weight |
Antonyms: |
freedom, liberation |
| Main Entry: | persecution |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | affliction |
Synonyms: |
annoyance, banishment, bashing, exile, expulsion, galling, ill-treatment, imprisonment, infliction, killing, maltreatment, massacre, mistreatment, murder, oppression, pestering, provoking, teasing, torment, torture, torture |
Antonyms: |
help, stimulation, succor |
| Main Entry: | detainment |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | detention |
Synonyms: |
confinement, custody, hold, holding, imprisonment |