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prison

noun

Synonyms and Antonyms of prison

1 a place of confinement for persons held in lawful custody

in prison for fraud and embezzlement

Synonyms of prison

brig, calaboose, cooler, guardroom, hoosegow, jail, jailhouse, jug, lockup, pen, penitentiary, stockade

Words Related to prison

bull pen, cage, cell, hole, tank

guardhouse, hulk(s)

concentration camp, labor camp, prison camp, work camp

Near Antonyms of prison

2 the act of confining or the state of being confined

the view that prison does nothing to cure the criminal

Synonyms of prison

captivity, confinement, immurement, impoundment, imprisonment, incarceration, internment

Words Related to prison

bondage, enslavement, servitude

restraint, restriction

arrest, capture, entrapment

custody, detainer, detainment, detention, house arrest

Near Antonyms of prison

emancipation, liberation, manumission, redemption, release

freedom, independence, liberty

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