Confination
noun
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 The quality of being confined. nonstandard, rare, uncountable
"Predisposed to consumption in no other way, only by confination of body; he was somewhat stooped over, and flat-chested; one side a little more flattened than the other[…]"
Example
More examples"Predisposed to consumption in no other way, only by confination of body; he was somewhat stooped over, and flat-chested; one side a little more flattened than the other[…]"
Etymology
From confine + -ation.
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