Synonyms and Antonyms for Incarceration

Following is a list of 200 synonym words and phrases that are related to incarceration:

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4 Letter Words

gaoljail

5 Letter Words

exiledeathcrimejails

6 Letter Words

prisonarrestremandintakeinmateparoletraumacaging

7 Letter Words

jailingcustodyholdingprisonstortureinmatestruancycuffinglockingbondageslavery

8 Letter Words

sentencerearrestprisonercarceraljailingsoffendercriminalviolencecincturetrappingcrimpage

9 Letter Words

captivitydetentionplacementcommittalseclusionreclusionrearrestsprisonersprobationoffendersexpulsiontreatmentabsconderdetainingenclosingenslavingintermentenclosurefetteringenactmentabolitioninclusionportationadmissioncorneringkidnapingisolationretention

10 Letter Words

immurementinternmentdetainmentsentencingrecidivismbanishmentpunishmentrecidivateoppressionstarvationemigrationrepressionemploymentalienationcommittalsprisonmententrapmentencasementarrestmentcommitmentencagemententombmentarraigningenlistmentimpoundageenwrapmentastrictionliberationimpoundingenrollmentsecurementdeterrenceabridgmentimmurationingressionenserfment

11 Letter Words

confinementreadmissiondeportationpostreleasecriminalityprosecutionjoblessnessunsentencedreoffendingpersecutiondelinquencyreconvictedsubjugationenslavementabandonmentexonerationenchainmentarrestationhandcuffingcaptivationrestrainingimpanelmentbesiegementenforcementensnarementimpoundmentenclavementinstatementcongelationimplication

12 Letter Words

imprisonmentpenitentiarysubstitutionreconvictionhomelessnesspunitivenesscorrectionalrecidivisticmaltreatmentconfiscationencirclementfelonizationpenalizationconstrictionincinerationincatenationincrustationrestrainmententrancementemancipationconvincementenciphermentdistrainmententurbanmentconstrainingenthrallmentencrustationillaqueationproscription

13 Letter Words

decarcerationimprisonmentsbrutalizationreintegrationreintegrativeostracizationbrutalisationterrorizationmisdemeanantsincorporationincriminationprisonizationinterrogationstrangulationcircumclusionremancipation

14 Letter Words

rehabilitationpenitentiariesstigmatizationrehabilitativetraumatizationincapacitationencincturementillegalization

15 Letter Words

reincarcerationcriminalizationhospitalizationresocializationcriminalisationhospitalisationmarginalizationincarnificationaffranchisement

16 Letter Words

retraumatizationdestigmatization

17 Letter Words

rehospitalization

18 Letter Words

disenfranchisement

19 Letter Words

overcriminalization

20 Letter Words

institutionalization

21 Letter Words

institutionalizations

22 Letter Words

reinstitutionalization

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