Without article, frequently preceded by a preposition, as to prison, in prison. Originally: the condition of being kept in captivity or…

abstract. Confinement, imprisonment, custody. In later use only in plural. archaic.

Narrowness, constraint; constriction.

Confinement, custody, imprisonment. Chiefly in in hold (†in holds, at, to hold). archaic.

abstract. Confinement, imprisonment, custody.

Confinement, restraint. Esp. in in festinance.

Forcible restraint or restriction; confinement, imprisonment; = durance, n. 5.

The state of being enclosed. Obsolete. rare.

Closed or shut up condition, confinement.

Forced confinement, imprisonment; constraint. Now esp. in in durance vile. Cf. duress, n. 3.

The act of enclosing, shutting up, or confining; enclosure; the fact or condition of being enclosed or shut up. Obsolete.

The action of confining, or (more usually) the fact or condition of being confined, shut up, or kept in one place; imprisonment.

The action of immuring or condition of being immured; imprisonment, confinement.

= immurement, n.

Confinement; restriction of liberty; (Navy) the punishment of being confined to quarters or on board ship. Chiefly in in hack, under hack: under the…

An imprisoning or confining condition.

The confinement of prisoners to their cells for an extended period of time, usually as a security measure following a disturbance; the time at…