immurement

indénombrable

A noun referring to the act or state of being confined or imprisoned, often within walls.

• 🇫🇷Nom désignant l'action ou l'état d'enfermer ou d'être enfermé, souvent dans des murs, ou l'emmurinement d'une personne.

1. Imprisonment or confinement C2 formal

   The act of confining someone within walls or the state of being confined, often against their will.

   • The immurement of the prisoners in the dungeon lasted for years.
   • His immurement in the small cell drove him to despair.
   • The novel describes the protagonist's immurement in a remote castle.

   🇫🇷Emprisonnement ou réclusion

   Synonymes: captivityconfinementcustodydetentionenclosureimprisonmentincarcerationinternment

   Antonymes: freedomliberationrelease