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confinement n 1 :
concluding state of pregnancy ;
from the onset of contractions to the birth of a child ; "
she was in labor for six hours " [
synonym : {
parturiency }, {
labor }, {
labour },
{
confinement }, {
lying -
in }, {
travail }, {
childbed }]
2 :
the act of restraining of a person '
s liberty by confining them 3 :
the state of being confined ; "
he was held in confinement "
4 :
the act of keeping something within specified bounds (
by force if necessary ); "
the restriction of the infection to a focal area " [
synonym : {
restriction }, {
confinement }]
Confinement \
Con *
fine "
ment \,
n .
1 .
Restraint within limits ;
imprisonment ;
any restraint of liberty ;
seclusion .
[
1913 Webster ]
The mind hates restraint ,
and is apt to fancy itself under confinement when the sight is pent up .
--
Addison .
[
1913 Webster ]
2 .
Restraint within doors by sickness ,
esp .
that caused by childbirth ;
lying -
in .
[
1913 Webster ]
85 Moby Thesaurus words for "
confinement ":
accouchement ,
beleaguerment ,
besetment ,
birth ,
birth throes ,
birthing ,
blessed event ,
blockade ,
blockading ,
boundary ,
bounds ,
childbearing ,
childbed ,
childbirth ,
circumscription ,
closeness ,
constraint ,
continence ,
cordoning ,
cramp ,
cramping ,
crowdedness ,
delivery ,
discipline ,
dismemberment ,
enclosure ,
envelopment ,
estrapade ,
galleys ,
genesis ,
giving birth ,
hair ,
hairbreadth ,
hairsbreadth ,
hard labor ,
hatching ,
having a baby ,
immurement ,
impalement ,
imprisonment ,
incapaciousness ,
incarceration ,
inclusion ,
incommodiousness ,
jailing ,
keelhauling ,
labor ,
limit ,
limitation ,
martyrdom ,
moderation ,
multiparity ,
narrow gauge ,
narrowness ,
nascency ,
nativity ,
nearness ,
parturition ,
penal servitude ,
picketing ,
prescription ,
proscription ,
qualification ,
quarantine ,
railriding ,
restrain ,
restraint ,
restrictedness ,
restriction ,
rock pile ,
siege ,
slenderness ,
stint ,
straitness ,
strappado ,
strictness ,
tar -
and -
feathering ,
the Nativity ,
the gantlet ,
the stork ,
tight squeeze ,
tightness ,
torment ,
torture ,
travail
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