'jailing' definitions:
Definition of 'jailing'
From: GCIDE
- jailing \jailing\ n. The act or process of putting someone in prison or in jail as a lawful punishment.
- Syn: imprisonment. [WordNet 1.5] Jain
Synonyms of 'jailing'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- captivity,
- close arrest,
- confinement,
- detention,
- dismemberment,
- durance,
- durance vile,
- duress,
- estrapade,
- galleys,
- hard labor,
- house arrest,
- immuration,
- immurement,
- impalement,
- imprisonment,
- incarceration,
- internment,
- keelhauling,
- martyrdom,
- penal servitude,
- picketing,
- railriding,
- rock pile,
- strappado,
- tar-and-feathering,
- term of imprisonment,
- the gantlet,
- torment,
- torture