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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