immurement
/ɪˈmjʊrmənt/
noun
- The act of confining someone against their will, or the state of being confined, especially within walls.
- The immurement of the hostages lasted for over a month before they were rescued.
- Historians discovered evidence of immurement in the castle's hidden chambers.
- The prisoner's immurement in solitary confinement was considered cruel punishment.
- The condition of being shut away or isolated from others.
- After years of immurement, the hermit had lost touch with modern life.
- Her voluntary immurement in the library helped her finish her research paper.
- The pandemic forced many people into a kind of immurement in their own homes.