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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
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)
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