confinement
2 ENTRIES FOUND:
Britannica Dictionary definition of CONFINEMENT
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1
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the act of confining someone or something
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the state of being confined
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see also solitary confinement
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the confinement of violent criminals [=the act of keeping violent criminals in prison]
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years of confinement
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his confinement to a wheelchair [=his state of being forced to stay in a wheelchair]
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The dog was kept in confinement until it was determined to be healthy.
2
old-fashioned
:
the time when a woman is giving birth to a baby
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He remained with his wife during her confinement.
