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LIFE IMPRISONMENT
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Dictionary entry overview: What does life imprisonment mean?
• LIFE IMPRISONMENT (noun)
The noun LIFE IMPRISONMENT has 1 sense:
1. a sentence of imprisonment until death
Familiarity information: LIFE IMPRISONMENT used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A sentence of imprisonment until death
Classified under:
Nouns denoting stable states of affairs
Hypernyms ("life imprisonment" is a kind of...):
captivity; immurement; imprisonment; incarceration (the state of being imprisoned)
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