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life imprisonment vs imprisonment

imprisonment vs life imprisonment

life imprisonment and imprisonment both are nouns.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
life imprisonment Yes No No No
imprisonment Yes No No No
As nouns, imprisonment is a hypernym of life imprisonment; that is, imprisonment is a word with a broader meaning than life imprisonment:
  • life imprisonment: a sentence of imprisonment until death
  • imprisonment: the state of being imprisoned
Other hypernyms of life imprisonment include captivity, immurement, incarceration.
life imprisonment (noun) imprisonment (noun)
a sentence of imprisonment until death the act of confining someone in a prison (or as if in a prison)
putting someone in prison or in jail as lawful punishment
the state of being imprisoned
Difference between life imprisonment and imprisonment

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