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confinement - Dictionary definition and meaning for confinement

CONFINEMENT

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  • (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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