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

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