Defenition of the word confinement
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Defenition of the word confinement
- The act of confining or the state of being confined.
- the state of being confined; "he was held in solitary confinement"
- restraint of a person's liberty
- concluding state of pregnancy; from the onset of labor to the birth of a child; "she was in labor for six hours"
- the act of restraining of a person''s liberty by confining them
- the state of being confined; "he was held in confinement"
- the act of restraining of a person's liberty by confining them
- the act of keeping something within specified bounds (by force if necessary)
- the state of being confined
- concluding state of pregnancy; from the onset of contractions to the birth of a child
Synonyms for the word confinement
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- accouchement
- birth
- captivity
- childbed
- delivery
- detention
- imprisonment
- incarceration
- internment
- labor
- labour
- limitation
- lying-in
- parturiency
- restriction
- travail
Similar words in the confinement
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- confinement
- confinement's
- confinements
Meronymys for the word confinement
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- asynclitism
- gestation
- maternity
- obliquity
- pregnancy
- uterine contraction
Hyponyms for the word confinement
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- captivity
- circumscription
- classification
- commitment
- committal
- consignment
- constraint
- custody
- detainment
- detention
- hold
- house arrest
- immurement
- imprisonment
- incarceration
- internment
- premature labor
- premature labour
- restraint
- solitary
- solitary confinement
- specification
- stipulation
Hypernyms for the word confinement
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- birth
- birthing
- giving birth
- parturition
- restraint
- subjection
- subjugation
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