Antonyms for jail
dʒeɪljail

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1. jailnoun

   Synonyms:
   slammer, imprison

2. jailnoun

   To imprison.

   Synonyms:
   slammer, imprison

3. jailnoun

   Confinement in a jail.

   Synonyms:
   slammer

4. jailnoun

   school

   I have to go to jail 5 days a week.

   Synonyms:
   slammer

5. jailnoun

   The condition created by the requirement that a horse claimed in a claiming race not be run at another track for some period of time (usually 30 days).

   Synonyms:
   slammer

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1. jail, jailhouse, gaol, clink, slammer, poky, pokeyverb

   a correctional institution used to detain persons who are in the lawful custody of the government (either accused persons awaiting trial or convicted persons serving a sentence)

   Synonyms:
   clink, pokey, poky, slammer, jailhouse, click, gaol

2. imprison, incarcerate, lag, immure, put behind bars, jail, jug, gaol, put away, remandverb

   lock up or confine, in or as in a jail

   "The suspects were imprisoned without trial"; "the murderer was incarcerated for the rest of his life"

   Synonyms:
   throw out, toss out, discard, put to sleep, immure, jug, tuck away, toss away, lock, cast away, remand, lock up, remit, shut up, send back, cast aside, put behind bars, fall back, dawdle, dispose, imprison, fall behind, put aside, shut away, cast out, chuck out, toss, throw away, gaol, fling, lock in, lock away, tuck in, lag, put away, incarcerate

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1. jailnoun

   Synonyms:
   prison, lockup, calaboose, workhouse, limbo

How to use jail in a sentence?

1. Cindi Duchow:

   What we're getting into right here is that we have a person who should have been in jail who never should've been out on the street and murdered six people and injured 60 other people, we need to put the attention back on what happened in Waukesha and say we need to put violent felons in prison and not on the street.

2. Olga Garcia:

   That guy should have been in jail, if he wouldn’t have been out, my son and the other officer would still be here.

3. Gemma Marotta:

   As well as being able to leave jail having learnt a trade, it reinforces their self-esteem.

4. Benoit Gomis:

   You can only do so much within the rule of law, you can't arrest them for extreme views. Lots of people will say we should have arrested them, or put them in jail, but we need to respect the rule of law.

5. Akhilesh Tomar:

   They can punish us, throw us in jail, siphon our property but they will not be able to stop us from continuing our protest.

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