IMMUREMENT

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does immurement mean? 

• IMMUREMENT (noun)
  The noun IMMUREMENT has 1 sense:

1. the state of being imprisoned

  Familiarity information: IMMUREMENT used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• IMMUREMENT (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The state of being imprisoned

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Synonyms:

captivity; immurement; imprisonment; incarceration

Context example:

he practiced the immurement of his enemies in the castle dungeon

Hypernyms ("immurement" is a kind of...):

confinement (the state of being confined)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "immurement"):

durance (imprisonment (especially for a long time))

life imprisonment (a sentence of imprisonment until death)

internment (confinement during wartime)

Derivation:

immure (lock up or confine, in or as in a jail)