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Answer for the clue "The state of being imprisoned ", 10 letters:
immurement

Word definitions for immurement in dictionaries

Wiktionary Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. capital punishment by entombing for life.

The Collaborative International Dictionary Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Immurement \Im*mure"ment\, n. The act of immuring, or the state of being immured; imprisonment.

WordNet Word definitions in WordNet
n. the state of being imprisoned; "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" [syn: captivity , ...

Wikipedia Word definitions in Wikipedia
Immurement (from Latin im- "in" and mūrus "wall"; literally "walling in") is a form of imprisonment, usually for life, in which a person is placed within an enclosed space with no exits. This includes instances where people have been enclosed in extremely ...