Noun Definition

confinement

1.Definition: concluding state of pregnancy; from the onset of contractions to the birth of a child

Related Noun(s):childbed, labor, labour, parturiency, travail

Category: General

2.Definition: the act of keeping something within specified bounds (by force if necessary)

Related Noun(s):restriction

Category: General

3.Definition: the act of restraining of a person's liberty by confining them

Category: General

4.Definition: the state of being confined

"He was held in confinement"

Category: General