confinement

US /kənˈfaɪn.mənt/

UK /kənˈfaɪn.mənt/

1.

the action of confining or state of being confined.

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he was immediately released from his confinement

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imprisonment internment incarceration custody captivity detention restraint arrest house arrest thrall duress durance penning caging enclosure surrounding quarantine corralling

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2.

the condition of being in childbirth.

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the pros and cons of home versus hospital confinement

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labor birthing birth childbirth nativity parturition lying-in accouchement childbed travail

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confined confine solitary confinement