| Immurement | n. The act of immuring, or the state of being immured; imprisonment. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| captivity | (n) the state of being imprisoned, Syn. imprisonment, immurement, incarceration, Example: he was held in captivity until he died; the imprisonment of captured soldiers; his ignominious incarceration in the local jail; he practiced the immurement of his enemies in the castle dungeon |