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countable and uncountable, plural internments
Confinement within narrow limits, as of foreign troops, to the interior of a country. quotations examples
Nevertheless, the economic and emotional effects of the internment were severe, and the United States Government has yet to make good on its promises of reparations.
1989 October 15, Vivien Raynor, “Interned Artists, Devoid of Grievance”, in The New York Times