Break and Incarceration

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Break noun - The act or an instance of getting free from danger or confinement.

Usage example: a desperate break from that hellhole

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Incarceration is an antonym for break.

Nearby Words: breach, breakdown, breaking, breakup, breakable

Incarceration noun - The act of confining or the state of being confined.

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Break is an antonym for incarceration.

brief	brief break	brief incarceration
mass	mass break	mass incarceration
total	total break	total incarceration
actual	actual break	actual incarceration
Other adjectives: permanent, mental, possible.

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Incarceration and Break. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 22, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/break/incarceration

Break & Incarceration. N.p., 2016. Web. 22 Jul. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/break/incarceration>.

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