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Definitions

internment

[in-turn-muhnt] / ɪnˈtɜrn mənt /
NOUN
captivity
Synonyms
STRONGEST
bondage confinement custody imprisonment incarceration slavery
STRONG
committal constraint durance duress enslavement enthrallment entombment impoundment jail limbo restraint serfdom servitude subjection thralldom vassalage
Antonyms
STRONGEST
freedom liberation liberty
WEAK
independence license
NOUN
confinement
Synonyms
STRONGEST
custody detention incarceration jail repression
STRONG
bonds bounds check circumscription coercion constraint control cramp curb delimitation keeping limitation safekeeping trammels
WEAK
bounding constrainment immuration
Antonyms
STRONGEST
freedom liberation liberty
STRONG
allowance permission
NOUN
detention
Synonyms
STRONGEST
arrest custody delay incarceration quarantine
STRONG
apprehension bust detainment hindrance immurement impediment pen pickup pinch restraint retention withholding
WEAK
arrestation holding back holding pen keeping in nab time up the river
Antonyms
STRONG
aid assistance help
WEAK
freedom liberation release

Example Sentences

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Before their internment, most of them came from poverty or jail before being enticed, or tricked, into fighting for Russia as mercenaries or on the promise of release from prison.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 11, 2025

By 1940, new policies ordered all German nationals - Jewish or not - into internment camps.

From BBC • Jul. 12, 2025

I’m not sure I knew internment had happened, or understood its scale, before I reached adulthood.

From Salon • Jul. 6, 2025

Today, under the law of war, civilians are supposed to have protections, including against citizenship- or identity-based detentions or internment, as well as against forced repatriation.

From Slate • Mar. 20, 2025

I push aside my plate of internment slop and tear open the fruit cup.

From "Internment" by Samira Ahmed

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.