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/ɪnkˌɑrsərˈeɪʃən/ Listen

noun

Incarceration n.

The act of confining, or the state of being confined; imprisonment.

(Med.)

(a)

Formerly, strangulation, as in hernia.

(b)

A constriction of the hernial sac, rendering it irreducible, but not great enough to cause strangulation.

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Etymology of 'Incarceration'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Incarceration" Quotes from Famous Books

... six months of his sentence had expired, would the Sheriff feel justified, or even the Judge who had sentenced him, in saying: "I will not release you; you have guilty of another offense during your incarceration, and therefore, I shall keep you confined six months longer?" Certainly not. The Sheriff or the Judge who should do so high-handed a measure, would soon find himself made responsible for the violation of private rights. But the course to be pursued would ...

— The Principles of Masonic Law - A Treatise on the Constitutional Laws, Usages And Landmarks of - Freemasonry • Albert G. Mackey

... after my incarceration at Brest, I addressed a memorial to the Spanish consul, setting forth the afflictions of twenty-two of his master's subjects, and soliciting the interference of our ambassador at Paris. We were promptly visited by ...

— Captain Canot - or, Twenty Years of an African Slaver • Brantz Mayer

... booths where the most advanced Jacobins and Terrorists were wont to meet, he had learned one or two details of Blakeney's incarceration which he could not possibly impart to Marguerite. The capture of the mysterious Englishman known as the Scarlet Pimpernel had created a great deal of popular satisfaction; but it was obvious that not only was the public mind not allowed to ...

— El Dorado • Baroness Orczy

... come," said the Hon. Peter. "I've had some trouble to get them together to relieve the dulness of your incarceration. Richmond's within the rules of your prison. You can be back by night. Moonlight on the water—lovely woman. We've engaged a city-barge to pull us back. Eight oars—I'm not sure it ...

— The Shaving of Shagpat • George Meredith

... people said too well known—in Paris. His real name was Isidore Crocheteau, and he had started life as a cook in a Palais Royal restaurant. Unfortunately a breach of the Eighth Commandment had caused him to suffer incarceration for a period of three years, and on his release he bloomed out into a private inquiry agent. His chief customers were jealous husbands, but as surely as one of these placed an affair in his hands, he would go to the erring wife and obtain ...

— Caught In The Net • Emile Gaboriau

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