incarceration.

The condition or act of being confined in a prison or comparable place of custody.

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Words that belong together

• a period of incarceration
• prolonged incarceration

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Prolonged incarceration changed how the character measured ordinary time.

The record listed the period of incarceration but omitted the place where it occurred.

Usage notes

Primary category: horror. Forms: Usually uncountable. Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings.