Incarceration

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -eɪʃən

Origin

From Old French incarceration, from Medieval Latin incarceratio

Full definition of incarceration

Noun

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

Related terms

• incarcerate