Incarceration

Definition:

• (n.) The act of confining, or the state of being confined; imprisonment.
• (n.) Formerly, strangulation, as in hernia.
• (n.) A constriction of the hernial sac, rendering it irreducible, but not great enough to cause strangulation.

Compare incarceration with other words:

incarceration vs. remanded

detention vs. incarceration

custody vs. incarceration

incarceration vs. internment

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custodial vs. incarceration

constriction vs. incarceration

hernia vs. incarceration

incarceration vs. strangulation

imprisonment vs. incarceration

incarcerate vs. incarceration