Durance
WordNet
noun
(1) Imprisonment (especially for a long time)
WiktionaryText
Noun
- Duration.
- Endurance.
- Imprisonment; forced confinement.
- 1749, Henry Fielding, Tom Jones, Folio Society 1973, p. 373:
- the parson concurred, saying, the Lord forbid he should be instrumental in committing an innocent person to durance.
- 1749, Henry Fielding, Tom Jones, Folio Society 1973, p. 373: