Complete Definition of "incarceration"

English

Pronunciation
:Rhymes: Rhymes:English:-eɪ��n|-eɪ��n

Noun

incarceration

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

Translations
trans-top|The act of confining, or the state of being confined; imprisonment
Finnish: vangitseminen
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trans-top|Formerly, strangulation, as in hernia
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trans-top|A constriction of the hernial sac
Finnish: kurouma
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