1. confinement - noun
· concluding state of pregnancy; from the onset of contractions to the birth of a child; "she was in labor for six hours"
Synonym(s): parturiency, labor, labour, lying-in, travail, childbed
Hypernym(s): parturition, birth, giving_birth, birthing
2. confinement - noun
· the act of restraining of a person's liberty by confining them
Hypernym(s): restraint
3. confinement - noun
· the state of being confined; "he was held in confinement"
Hypernym(s): subjugation, subjection
4. confinement - noun
· the act of keeping something within specified bounds (by force if necessary); "the restriction of the infection to a focal area"
Synonym(s): restriction
Hypernym(s): restraint
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