Imprisonment and Release

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Imprisonment

Imprisonment noun - The act of confining or the state of being confined.
Usage example: the offense is punishable by a fine or imprisonment
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Release is an antonym for imprisonment in topics: forcible detention, placing in forcible detention.
Nearby Words: imprison, imprisoned, imprisoning

Release

Release noun - A freeing from an obligation or responsibility.
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Imprisonment is an antonym for release in topics: liberation, delivery.
Nearby Words: released, releasing
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How words are described

full full imprisonment full release
complete complete imprisonment complete release
original original imprisonment original release
initial initial imprisonment initial release
Other adjectives: legal, actual, new, possible, final, subsequent, eventual, extended, recent, earlier, previous, virtual.

Both words in one sentence

  • Big Screwed-Up Family While Shendu was imprisoned in a statue, they were banished to a prison dimension and hate Shendu for never trying to release them (even before his imprisonment).
    Source: Big Screwed-Up Family
  • Tabletop Game / Deathwatch A few psychic whispers convinced the Tau that the Ghanathaar wanted to join the Greater Good if the Tau could help release them from their imprisonment.
    Source: Tabletop Game / Deathwatch
  • My Country Tis of Thee That I Sting Dylan's song actually raised awareness of this man's false imprisonment and made people do the trial over, which would eventually lead to Carter's release.
    Source: My Country Tis of Thee That I Sting
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Release and Imprisonment. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 21, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/imprisonment/release
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