different between imprisonment vs thralldom

English

Alternative forms

• emprisonment (obsolete)

Etymology

From Anglo-Norman emprisonement, from Old French emprisonnement. See imprison +? -ment.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?m?p??zn?.m?nt/

Noun

imprisonment (countable and uncountable, plural imprisonments)

1. A confinement in a place, especially a prison or a jail, as punishment for a crime.
   • Every confinement of the person is an imprisonment, whether it be in a common prison, or in a private house, or even by forcibly detaining one in the public streets.

   • Oh, by what plots, by what forswearings, betrayings, oppressions, imprisonments, tortures, poisonings, and under what reasons of state and politic subtilty, have these forenamed kings […] pulled the vengeance of God upon themselves […]

Synonyms

• incarceration
• jaildom

Derived terms

• life imprisonment

Translations

English

Alternative forms

• thraldom

Etymology

From Middle English þrældome, þraldom, thraldom; equivalent to thrall +? -dom. Compare Danish trældom, Norwegian trelldom, Swedish träldom.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?????l.d?m/

Noun

thralldom (countable and uncountable, plural thralldoms)

1. A state of bondage, slavery, or subjugation to another person.

   Synonym: thrall

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