заточение — meaning in English
zatocheniye
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English meaning
- confinement noun The state of being kept within a limited space, often against one's will.
- duress noun Pressure or threats used to force someone into doing something against their will.
- imprisonment noun The state of being confined in prison, or a sentence involving such confinement.
Senses
заточение is used for these senses in English:
- confinement The act of confining or the state of being confined.
- durance (archaic) Imprisonment; forced confinement.
- duress (legal) Restraint in which a person is influenced, whether by lawful or unlawful forceful compulsion of their liberty by monition or implementation of physical enforcement; legally for the incurring of civil liability, of a citizen's arrest, or of subrogation, or illegally for the committing of an offense, of forcing a contract, or of using threats.
- imprisonment A confinement in a place, especially a prison or a jail, especially as punishment for a crime.
duress — full definition
- noun Pressure or threats used to force someone into doing something against their will.
- verb To force someone into an action through threats or pressure.