Definition of internment Internment
/ɪntɚˈnmʌnt/ - [internmunt] - in•tern•ment
We found 6 definitions of internment from 4 different sources.
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What does internment mean?
WordNet
NounPlural: internments |
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| internment - confinement during wartime | ||
| immurement, incarceration, captivity, imprisonment the state of being imprisoned; "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" | ||
| internment - the act of confining someone in a prison (or as if in a prison) | ||
| imprisonment | ||
| confinement the act of restraining of a person's liberty by confining them | ||
| lockdown the act of confining prisoners to their cells (usually to regain control during a riot) | ||
| false imprisonment (law) confinement without legal authority | ||
| internment - placing private property in the custody of an officer of the law | ||
| impoundment, impounding, poundage | ||
| seizure the taking possession of something by legal process | ||
| jurisprudence, law the branch of philosophy concerned with the law and the principles that lead courts to make the decisions they do | ||
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Wiktionary 
- internment (Noun)
Confinement within narrow limits, as of foreign troops, to the interior of a country.
Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- internment (n.)
Confinement within narrow limits, -- as of foreign troops, to the interior of a country.
Part of speech
🔤- internment, noun, singular of internments.
