immuring
Sealing within walls
Immuring is the act of enclosing or confining someone within walls—literally walling them in.
The word comes from Latin for "wall" and historically referred to a form of imprisonment or execution where a person was sealed into a space.
Now it's usually figurative: She spent her twenties immuring herself in the library.
The present participle of immure.
Legal detention in jail
- incarcerationConfinement in jail
- detentionTemporary official holding
- captivityState of being confined
- enclosureConfined, bordered space
containment · custody · internment · quarantine · holding · lockup · caging · cell
Placing deceased underground
- intermentPutting a body underground
- sepulcherChamber for the dead
- cryptSubterranean burial vault
- vaultSecure storage chamber
mausoleum · catacomb · sarcophagus · tomb · sealing · necropolis · ossuary · funerary
Voluntary withdrawal from society
- solitudeState of being alone
- withdrawalAct of taking away
- hermitageSecluded religious dwelling
- cloisteringIsolating in seclusion
reclusion · sequestering · exile · segregation · estrangement · monasticism · anchorite · retreat
imprisonment
Legal detention in jail
- incarcerationConfinement in jail
- detentionTemporary official holding
- captivityState of being confined
enclosure · containment · custody · internment · quarantine · holding · lockup · caging · cell · dungeon
burial
Placing deceased underground
vault · mausoleum · catacomb · sarcophagus · tomb · sealing · necropolis · ossuary · funerary · mortuary
seclusion
Voluntary withdrawal from society
- solitudeState of being alone
- withdrawalAct of taking away
- hermitageSecluded religious dwelling
cloistering · reclusion · sequestering · exile · segregation · estrangement · monasticism · anchorite · retreat · removal
walls
Vertical enclosing structures
- rampartFortified defensive wall
- battlementsNotched defensive wall top
- bastionFortified defensive position
citadel · stronghold · castle · keep · fortress · bulwark · parapet · palisade · stockade · barbican
immuringreleasing
Allowing to escape
freeing · liberating · setting free · emancipating · letting go
immuringintegrating
Combining into a whole
including · welcoming · embracing · incorporating · mainstreaming