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Prison :: Prison (n.) Specifically, a building for the safe custody or confinement of criminals and others committed by lawful authority..

Detain :: Detain (v. t.) To hold or keep in custody.

Durance :: Durance (n.) Imprisonment; restraint of the person; custody by a jailer; duress. Shak.

Guardian :: Guardian (v. t.) One who has, or is entitled to, the custody of the person or property of an infant, a minor without living parents, or a person incapable of managing his own affairs..

Bail :: Bail (n.) The person or persons who procure the release of a prisoner from the custody of the officer, or from imprisonment, by becoming surely for his appearance in court..

Jail :: "Jail (n.) A kind of prison; a building for the confinement of persons held in lawful custody, especially for minor offenses or with reference to some future judicial proceeding..

Deposit :: Deposit (n.) To lodge in some one's hands for safe keeping; to commit to the custody of another; to intrust; esp., to place in a bank, as a sum of money subject to order..

Charge :: Charge (v. t.) A person or thing commited or intrusted to the care, custody, or management of another; a trust..

Keep :: Keep (v. t.) To have in custody; to have in some place for preservation; to take charge of.

Custody :: Custody (n.) State of being guarded and watched to prevent escape; restraint of liberty; confinement; imprisonment.

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

Charge :: Charge (v. t.) Custody or care of any person, thing, or place; office; responsibility; oversight; obigation; duty..

Custody :: Custody (n.) Judicial or penal safe-keeping.

Safety :: Safety (n.) Preservation from escape; close custody.

Prison :: Prison (n.) A place where persons are confined, or restrained of personal liberty; hence, a place or state o/ confinement, restraint, or safe custody..

Keeping :: Keeping (n.) A holding; restraint; custody; guard; charge; care; preservation.

Keeper :: Keeper (n.) One who has the care, custody, or superintendence of anything; as, the keeper of a park, a pound, of sheep, of a gate, etc. ; the keeper of attached property; hence, one who saves from harm; a defender; a preserver..

Impound :: Impound (v. t.) To shut up or place in an inclosure called a pound; hence, to hold in the custody of a court; as, to impound stray cattle; to impound a document for safe keeping..

Custody :: Custody (n.) A keeping or guarding; care, watch, inspection, for keeping, preservation, or security..

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

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