IMMUREMENT Synonyms: 37 Similar and Opposite Words

immurement

noun

Definition of immurement

as in captivity

the act of confining or the state of being confined the immurement of Japanese-Americans continued for the duration of the war

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as in imprisonment

the state of being held in lawful custody condemned the long-term immurement of prisoners who have yet to be convicted of anything

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Noun

The last thylacine living in captivity died from exposure in 1936 at the Beaumaris Zoo in Hobart, Tasmania — shortly after the Tasmanian government belatedly granted the species protected status.

— Ashley Strickland, CNN Money, 2 Sep. 2026
According to the Corps, an estimated 600 Azov brigade servicemen are among the thousands still in Russian captivity.

— ABC News, ABC News, 28 Aug. 2026

Definition of captivity

Noun

Indecent exposure to a minor under the age of 15 is also a Class 6 felony, resulting in a Class 6 felony as well, which is a far more serious crime resulting in imprisonment in state or federal prison.

— Paige Moore, AZCentral.com, 1 Sep. 2026
During her imprisonment, Stötzer refused to leave the GDR for West Germany under the Häftlingsfreikauf program, which offered ransoms for political prisoners.

— Elisa R. Linn, Artforum, 1 Sep. 2026

Definition of imprisonment

Noun

That, and the at-arm’s-length care of the staff (who are sometimes comedically cold), makes existence within the ward feel like a close cousin to incarceration.

— Miriam Balanescu, IndieWire, 4 Sep. 2026
For generations, the women sustain a world of warmth and care amid what Fleetwood calls a family curse, as the men’s lives are beset by mass incarceration and rampant gun violence.

— Lizz Schumer, PEOPLE, 2 Sep. 2026

Definition of incarceration

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The sheriff's office's drone was used to assist in checking the approximately 28-acre property and helped identify old kennel and animal-confinement areas.

— River Valley Democrat-Gazette, Arkansas Online, 9 Sep. 2026
Creativity actually lives most powerfully when there is some confinement, some restriction.

— Georg Szalai, HollywoodReporter, 9 Sep. 2026

Definition of confinement

Noun

Vucic has pushed hard against the protesters as the government faced international criticism over police violence and arbitrary detentions of demonstrators.

— ABC News, ABC News, 5 Sep. 2026
Advocates say the delays leave people waiting in prisonlike detention facilities.

— Carla Astudillo, ProPublica, 3 Sep. 2026

Definition of detention

Noun

Lee Cheuk-yan was sentenced to seven years in prison, while Chow Hang-tung was sentenced to seven years and three months.

— Jennifer Jett, NBC news, 11 Sep. 2026
It wasn't immediately known how many people were in the prison at the time of the strikes, which also left seven people injured.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 10 Sep. 2026

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