" bridewell "

1: a place of confinement for persons held in lawful custody;

  * e.g., " ... the citadel was later converted into a bridewell to house the city's growing criminal population "

•  Synonyms : 

•  bastille,

•  big house,

•  brig,

•  calaboose,

•  can,

•  clink,

•  cooler,

•  coop,

•  guardroom,

•  hock,

•  hold,

•  hoosegow,

•  jail,

•  jailhouse,

•  joint,

•  jug,

•  lockup,

•  nick,

•  pen,

•  penitentiary,

•  pokey,

•  prison,

•  quod,

•  slam,

•  slammer,

•  stir,

•  stockade,

•  tolbooth

•  Antonyms : 

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