confinement

1. n. Restraint within limits; imprisonment; any restraint of liberty; seclusion. Source: opted

2. n. Restraint within doors by sickness, esp. that caused by childbirth; lying-in. Source: opted

3. n. concluding state of pregnancy; from the onset of contractions to the birth of a child Source: wordnet

4. n. the act of restraining of a person's liberty by confining them Source: wordnet

5. n. the state of being confined Source: wordnet

6. n. the act of keeping something within specified bounds (by force if necessary) Source: wordnet

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. Source: webster

8. n:100 n. the act of restraining of a person's liberty by confining them n. the state of being confined Source: ecdict

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