prison

Speech parts

1. prison - Noun

2. prison - Verb

Meaning

A place where persons are confined, or restrained of personal liberty; hence, a place or state o/ confinement, restraint, or safe custody.

Specifically, a building for the safe custody or confinement of criminals and others committed by lawful authority.

To imprison; to shut up in, or as in, a prison; to confine; to restrain from liberty.

To bind (together); to enchain.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

penitentiary gaol lockup jail custody confinement detention incarceration reformatory jailhouse prison house Detention Center correctional institution correctional facility brig
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Antonyms

liberty free release freedom exception broad
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Hypernyms

situation correctional institution state of affairs

Hyponyms

nick bastille panopticon chokey choky

Phrases with the word

federal prison in prison debtors' prison prison wallet place outside the prison place outside the prison walls

Derivatives

prisoned prisoning

Anagrams

spinor prinos Prosin

Examples

He who opens a school, closes a prison. Victor Hugo

A mind enclosed in language is in prison. Simone Weil

The world is a prison in which solitary confinement is preferable. Karl Kraus

It is not at the table but in prison that you learn who your true friends are. Serbian Proverb

A day in prison is longer than a thousand years at large. Vietnamese Proverb

Though the cage be made of gold, it's still a prison. Mexican Proverb

Close letter words and terms

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