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noun
The act of confining or the state of being confined.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Lying-in, time of giving birth.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, dated, uncountable
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Synonyms: labour, birthing
Antonyms: none provided
noun
lockdown
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
the act of restraining of a person's liberty by confining them
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: restraint
Narrower terms: imprisonment, internment, house arrest, commitment, committal, consignment
noun
the act of keeping something within specified bounds (by force if necessary)
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Synonyms: restriction
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: restraint
Narrower terms: classification, stipulation, specification, circumscription, constraint
noun
the state of being confined
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: subjugation, subjection
Narrower terms: constraint, restraint, captivity, imprisonment, incarceration, immurement, detention, detainment, hold, custody, solitary confinement, solitary
noun
concluding state of pregnancy; from the onset of contractions to the birth of a child
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Synonyms: parturiency, labor, labour, lying-in, travail, childbed
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: parturition, birth, giving birth, birthing
Narrower terms: premature labor, premature labour
History
Borrowed from French confinement. By surface analysis, confine + -ment.
Across languages
38 source translations are retained for this English entry.
