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Antonyms for internment
| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : in-turn-muh nt |
| Phonetic Transcription : ɪnˈtɜrn mənt |
Definition of internment
Origin :- 1870, from intern (v.) + -ment. Cf. French internement. Internment camp is attested from 1916.
- As in captivity : noun physical detention by force
- As in confinement : noun imprisonment; restriction
- As in detention : noun confinement, imprisonment
- The only place you can be safe is an English internment camp.
- Extract from : « Tam O' The Scoots » by Edgar Wallace
- It was used as a place of internment for deportees from Egypt.
- Extract from : « The Annual Register 1914 » by Anonymous
- The internment of alien enemies was preliminary to a sifting process.
- Extract from : « The Annual Register 1914 » by Anonymous
- A cleverly written description of a young English officer's internment as a prisoner of war in Germany.
- Extract from : « A Kut Prisoner » by H. C. W. Bishop
- With the internment of Mrs. Annie Besant it sounded a new note—a note inspired by an ardent love of humanity.
- Extract from : « Chitta Ranjan » by Sukumar Ranjan Das
- Every order of internment is a protest against the redemption of that promise and the fulfilment of that hope.
- Extract from : « Chitta Ranjan » by Sukumar Ranjan Das
- They were now awaiting the arrival of the internment papers from Washington; when these came she would be taken away.
- Extract from : « The Camp Fire Girls Do Their Bit » by Hildegard G. Frey
- In the repatriation and internment of prisoners under Articles 1-5 only men in sound health are to be counted.
- Extract from : « New York Times Current History: The European War, Vol. 8, Pt. 2, No. 1, July 1918 » by Various
- The civilians interned in Switzerland at the moment when this agreement goes into effect will be freed from internment.
- Extract from : « New York Times Current History: The European War, Vol. 8, Pt. 2, No. 1, July 1918 » by Various
- Government had investigated his activities; Government had found nothing for which to order his internment as an enemy alien.
- Extract from : « The Crimson Tide » by Robert W. Chambers
Synonyms for internment
- apprehension
- arrest
- arrestation
- bondage
- bonds
- bounding
- bounds
- bust
- check
- circumscription
- coercion
- committal
- confinement
- constrainment
- constraint
- control
- cramp
- curb
- custody
- delay
- delimitation
- detainment
- detention
- durance
- duress
- enslavement
- enthrallment
- entombment
- hindrance
- holding back
- holding pen
- immuration
- immurement
- impediment
- impoundment
- imprisonment
- incarceration
- internment
- jail
- keeping
- keeping in
- limbo
- limitation
- nab
- pen
- pickup
- pinch
- quarantine
- repression
- restraint
- retention
- safekeeping
- serfdom
- servitude
- slavery
- subjection
- thralldom
- time up the river
- trammels
- vassalage
- withholding
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