internment
nounThe act of interning or confining, especially in wartime.
The state of being interned; confinement.
The state or condition of being interned; confinement, as of prisoners of war, in the interior of a country.
Confinement within narrow limits, -- as of foreign troops, to the interior of a country.
Confining within a country for the duration of a war; -- usually of citizens of a hostile power.
