Confinement

//kənˈfaɪnmənt// noun

noun ·Moderate ·High school level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    The act of confining or the state of being confined. countable, uncountable

    "“A Navy Sailor has been placed in pretrial confinement in connection with the death of Seaman Resendiz. Charges under the Uniform Code of Military Justice are pending,” NCIS told CNN in a statement Thursday."

  2. 2
    the act of restraining of a person's liberty by confining them wordnet
  3. 3
    Lying-in, time of giving birth. countable, dated, uncountable

    "In confinement ladies are attended, not by the ordinary doctors, but by women especially devoted to the calling, who regard their profession as honorable and humanitary."

  4. 4
    the act of keeping something within specified bounds (by force if necessary) wordnet
  5. 5
    lockdown countable, uncountable
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  1. 6
    the state of being confined wordnet
  2. 7
    concluding state of pregnancy; from the onset of contractions to the birth of a child wordnet

Synonyms

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labourrestrictionaccouchementbeleaguermentbesetmentbirth

Example

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"I was stuck in confinement for thirty days until I decided to pay a bribe."

Etymology

Borrowed from French confinement. By surface analysis, confine + -ment.

Related phrases

confinement loafconfinement timeenergy confinement timeexpected date of confinementself-confinementsolitary confinementgiving birthlying in

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