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List of meaning for confinement

being locked inside or forcibly kept inside somewhere and not allowed to leave

parturiency, labor, labour, confinement, lying-in, travail, childbed(noun)

concluding state of pregnancy; from the onset of contractions to the birth of a child

"she was in labor for six hours"

confinement(noun)

the act of restraining of a person's liberty by confining them

confinement(noun)

the state of being confined

"he was held in confinement"

restriction, confinement(noun)

the act of keeping something within specified bounds (by force if necessary)

"the restriction of the infection to a focal area"

the act of confining or the state of being confined

some wild animals take to confinement very poorly

the act or practice of keeping something (as an activity) within certain boundaries

the confinement of commercial development to one stretch of roadway is intended to help preserve the town's rural character

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