1. The act of confining, or the state of being confined; imprisonment. Glanvill. [ 1913 Webster ]
2. (Med.) (a) Formerly, strangulation, as in hernia. (b) A constriction of the hernial sac, rendering it irreducible, but not great enough to cause strangulation. [ 1913 Webster ]
(n) the state of being imprisoned, Syn. imprisonment, immurement, incarceration, Example:he was held in captivity until he died; the imprisonment of captured soldiers; his ignominious incarceration in the local jail; he practiced the immurement of his enemies in the castle dungeon