Antonyms for imprison


Grammar : Verb
Spell : im-priz-uhn
Phonetic Transcription : ɪmˈprɪz ən


Definition of imprison

Origin :
  • c.1300, from Old French emprisoner (12c.), from em- "in" (see in- (2)) + prison (see prison). Related: Imprisoned; imprisoning.
  • verb confine; put in jail
Example sentences :
  • And then, too, what fine jokers are those fellows who imprison art in a toy-box!
  • Extract from : « The Fat and the Thin » by Emile Zola
  • A man may arrest his own slave, and he may also imprison for safe-keeping the runaway slave of a friend.
  • Extract from : « Laws » by Plato
  • If they imprison you for resisting their tyrannies, others will take your place.
  • Extract from : « The Eternal City » by Hall Caine
  • Who has the right to imprison and assign the terms and conditions to the imprisoned?
  • Extract from : « The Prison Chaplaincy, And Its Experiences » by Hosea Quinby
  • It is in self-seeking and advancement that we narrow our faculties and imprison our natures.
  • Extract from : « A Day's Ride » by Charles James Lever
  • Imprison him as a criminal, and I affirm to you that he will be lost.
  • Extract from : « Justice (Second Series Plays) » by John Galsworthy
  • We kill off the worst, imprison the bad for life, attempt to reform the rest.
  • Extract from : « The Story of the Mind » by James Mark Baldwin
  • "Do not withdraw your hand," he pleaded, making an attempt to imprison that hand in his own.
  • Extract from : « Fairy Fingers » by Anna Cora Mowatt Ritchie
  • I should not advise you to imprison them together—they would fight.
  • Extract from : « The Regent's Daughter » by Alexandre Dumas (Pere)
  • When he says, 'Arrest and imprison' such and such a man, he is obeyed.
  • Extract from : « The Man in the Iron Mask » by Alexandre Dumas, Pere

Synonyms for imprison

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