Thesaurus: confinement

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1. n. Restraint within limits; imprisonment; any restraint of liberty; seclusion.
2. n. Restraint within doors by sickness, esp. that caused by childbirth; lying-in.
3. n. concluding state of pregnancy; from the onset of contractions to the birth of a child
4. n. the act of restraining of a person's liberty by confining them
5. n. the state of being confined
6. n. the act of keeping something within specified bounds (by force if necessary)
7. 1. Restraint within limits; imprisonment; any restraint of liberty; seclusion. The mind hates restraint, and is apt to fancy itself under confinement when the sight is pent up. Addison. 2. Restraint within doors by sickness, esp. that caused by childbirth; lying-in.
8. n:100 n. the act of restraining of a person's liberty by confining them n. the state of being confined