noun
incarceration
ihng-kah-suh-RAY-shuhn
noun
1
Imprisonment; the state or act of being locked up.
"He spent five years in incarceration before his release."
"The report looked at the effects of long-term incarceration on mental health."
How to Use Incarceration
Learner’s notesIn plain EnglishBeing kept in prison.
Common pairings
mass incarceration
years of incarceration
incarceration rate
Word Forms
incarcerations plural
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Etymology
From Medieval Latin incarcerātio, built on incarcerate, itself from Latin carcer, "prison."