Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Imprison ment \Im*pris"on ment\, n. [OE. enprisonment; F.
   emprisonnement.]
   The act of imprisoning, or the state of being imprisoned;
   confinement; restraint.

         His sinews waxen weak and raw Through long imprisonment
         and hard constraint.                     --Spenser.

         Every confinement of the person is an imprisonment,
         whether it be in a common prison, or in a private
         house, or even by foreibly detaining one in the public
         streets.                                 --Blackstone.

   {False imprisonment}. (Law) See under {False}.

   Syn: Incarceration; custody; confinement; durance; restraint.