Antonyms for imprisoning

Grammar : Verb

Spell : im-priz-uhn

Phonetic Transcription : ɪmˈprɪz ən

Definition of imprisoning

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 :

What rights does the State take from the criminal in imprisoning?
Extract from : « The Prison Chaplaincy, And Its Experiences » by Hosea Quinby

Why not change our system of imprisoning and put it fully on that of reform?
Extract from : « The Prison Chaplaincy, And Its Experiences » by Hosea Quinby

Finally they charged him with imprisoning Christina and her boy.
Extract from : « The Swedish Revolution Under Gustavus Vasa » by Paul Barron Watson

He put his lips to it and, imprisoning her fingers, kissed them once, reverently.
Extract from : « Fort Amity » by Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch

Paresi watched, his eyes as featureless as the imprisoning dark.
Extract from : « Breaking Point » by James E. Gunn

May they not revenge themselves by imprisoning your father and destroying his farm?
Extract from : « Roger Willoughby » by William H. G. Kingston

Always beyond our reach, yet always there before us, imprisoning us.
Extract from : « 'Neath Verdun, August-October, 1914 » by Maurice Genevoix

Playfully she caught Marcia's hands and imprisoning them, drew them forward.
Extract from : « Shifting Sands » by Sara Ware Bassett

The fellow is such a fool as to believe he serves his country by imprisoning us.
Extract from : « With Porter in the Essex » by James Otis

Else he would not have committed the crime of imprisoning you on a false charge of debt.
Extract from : « The Orange Girl » by Walter Besant

Synonyms for imprisoning

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