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Free :: Free (superl.) Not confined or imprisoned; released from arrest; liberated; at liberty to go.

Keeper :: Keeper (n.) One who retains in custody; one who has the care of a prison and the charge of prisoners.

Commitment :: Commitment (n.) A warrant or order for the imprisonment of a person; -- more frequently termed a mittimus.

Imprison :: Imprison (v. t.) To put in prison or jail; To arrest and detain in custody; to confine.

Incarcerate :: Incarcerate (a.) Imprisoned.

Ransom :: Ransom (n.) The money or price paid for the redemption of a prisoner, or for goods captured by an enemy; payment for freedom from restraint, penalty, or forfeit..

Mainprise :: Mainprise (n.) Deliverance of a prisoner on security for his appearance at a day.

Caitiff :: Caitiff (n.) A captive; a prisoner.

Captivity :: Captivity (n.) The state of being a captive or a prisoner.

Liberate :: Liberate (a.) To release from restraint or bondage; to set at liberty; to free; to manumit; to disengage; as, to liberate a slave or prisoner; to liberate the mind from prejudice; to liberate gases..

Turnkey :: Turnkey (n.) A person who has charge of the keys of a prison, for opening and fastening the doors; a warder..

Dietary :: Dietary (n.) A rule of diet; a fixed allowance of food, as in workhouse, prison, etc..

Abuse :: Abuse (v. t.) To use ill; to maltreat; to act injuriously to; to punish or to tax excessively; to hurt; as, to abuse prisoners, to abuse one's powers, one's patience..

Fleet :: Fleet (v. i.) A former prison in London, which originally stood near a stream, the Fleet (now filled up)..

Chapel :: Chapel (n.) A place of worship not connected with a church; as, the chapel of a palace, hospital, or prison..

Bagnio :: Bagnio (n.) A house for bathing, sweating, etc.; -- also, in Turkey, a prison for slaves..

Prison :: Prison (v. t.) To imprison; to shut up in, or as in, a prison; to confine; to restrain from liberty..

Panopticon :: Panopticon (n.) A prison so contructed that the inspector can see each of the prisoners at all times, without being seen..

Prisoned :: Prisoned (imp. & p. p.) of Priso.

Rescue :: Rescue (v.) The forcible liberation of a person from an arrest or imprisonment.

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