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confinement - Dictionary definition and meaning for confinement
CONFINEMENT
(noun) the act of restraining of a person's liberty by confining them
(noun) the act of keeping something within specified bounds (by force if necessary)
"the restriction of the infection to a focal area"
synonyms : restriction(noun) the state of being confined
"he was held in confinement"
(noun) concluding state of pregnancy; from the onset of contractions to the birth of a child
"she was in labor for six hours"
synonyms : childbed , labor , labour , lying-in , parturiency , travail
WordNet® 3.0, © 2006 by Princeton University.
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