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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (4)

1. concluding state of pregnancy; from the onset of contractions to the birth of a child;
- Example: "she was in labor for six hours"
[syn: 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;
- Example: "he was held in confinement"

4. the act of keeping something within specified bounds (by force if necessary);
- Example: "the restriction of the infection to a focal area"
[syn: restriction, confinement]



The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

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]


WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

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" [syn: 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" [syn: restriction, confinement]