immurement

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Like Jack, who struggles to move beyond immurement in his tech world and make human contact with Sally, De Palma has encountered a similar challenge in his own life.

From Slate • Jul. 13, 2017

Persons conversant with the Vedas have said that death and immurement are both painful.

From The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 3 Books 8, 9, 10, 11 and 12 by Ganguli, Kisari Mohan

How delicious is that refreshing breeze after his terrible immurement!

From The Fire Trumpet A Romance of the Cape Frontier by Mitford, Bertram

The stern genius of the North grudges immurement, even to great piety, remembering that Christ himself remained but forty days in the desert and then returned to deliver the world.

From Apologia Diffidentis by Dalton, O. M. (Ormonde Maddock)

I can not tell you all we spoke of in that day-long immurement.

From The Master of Appleby A Novel Tale Concerning Itself in Part with the Great Struggle in the Two Carolinas; but Chiefly with the Adventures Therein of Two Gentlemen Who Loved One and the Same Lady by Lynde, Francis