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Meaning of 'confinement' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Confinement [ n.]
- Restraint within limits; imprisonment; any restraint of liberty; seclusion.
- Restraint within doors by sickness, esp. that caused by childbirth; lying-in.

Meaning of 'confinement' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . confinement [ n]
Meaning (1):
- the state of being confined
Example in sentence:
  • he was held in confinement
Meaning (2):
- concluding state of pregnancy; from the onset of contractions to the birth of a child
Example in sentence:
  • she was in labor for six hours
Meaning (3):
- the act of keeping something within specified bounds (by force if necessary)
Example in sentence:
  • the restriction of the infection to a focal area

Nearby Words:

con con- conacre conarium conation conative conatus concamerate concameration concatenate

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