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Incarceration
Webster's Dictionary
(1):
(n.) Formerly, strangulation, as in hernia.
(2):
(n.) A constriction of the hernial sac, rendering it irreducible, but not great enough to cause strangulation.
(3):
(n.) The act of confining, or the state of being confined; imprisonment.
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Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Incarceration'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/web/i/incarceration.html. 1828.