Meanings
nounlife imprisonment (usually uncountable, plural life imprisonments)
plural life imprisonments
- uncountableusuallylawThe state of being imprisoned for the rest of one's life.
- MalaysiauncountableusuallylawA sentence of imprisonment of thirty years.
Translations
Arabic سَجْن مُؤَبَّد
- سَجْن مُؤَبَّد (sajn muʔabbad)state of being imprisoned
Chinese Mandarin 終身監禁 /终身监禁, 無期徒刑 /无期徒刑
- 終身監禁 /终身监禁 (zhōngshēn jiānjìn)state of being imprisoned
- 無期徒刑 /无期徒刑 (wúqī túxíng, wúqí túxíng)state of being imprisoned
Dutch levenslang, levenslange gevangenisstraf
- levenslangstate of being imprisoned
- levenslange gevangenisstrafstate of being imprisoned
Finnish elinkautinen vankeus, elinkautinen
- elinkautinen vankeusstate of being imprisoned
- elinkautinenstate of being imprisoned
Hindi आजीवन कारावास
- आजीवन कारावास (ājīvan kārāvās)state of being imprisoned
Japanese 終身刑, 無期懲役
- 終身刑 (shūshinkei)state of being imprisoned
- 無期懲役 (muki chōeki)state of being imprisoned
Korean 종신형, 무기징역
- 종신형 (jongsinhyeong)state of being imprisoned
- 무기징역 (mugijing'yeok)state of being imprisoned
Tagalog habang-buhay na pagkabilanggo, habang-buhaybna pagkakulong
- habang-buhay na pagkabilanggostate of being imprisoned
- habang-buhaybna pagkakulongstate of being imprisoned
- kadena-perpetwastate of being imprisoned
Vietnamese án tù chung thân
- án tù chung thânstate of being imprisoned
Cite this entry
APA
life imprisonment. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/life%20imprisonment
MLA
“life imprisonment.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/life%20imprisonment. Accessed November 5, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “life imprisonment,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/life%20imprisonment.
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