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con·fine·ment    Audio Help   [kuhn-fahyn-muhnt] Pronunciation Key
–noun
1.the act of confining.
2.the state of being confined.
3.the lying-in of a woman in childbed; accouchement; childbirth.
4.Military. incarceration in a guardhouse or prison while awaiting trial or as a punishment (distinguished from arrest).

[Origin: 1640–50; confine + -ment; cf. F confinement]
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con·fine·ment    Audio Help   (kən-fīn'mənt)  Pronunciation Key 
n.  
  1. The act of confining or the state of being confined.
  2. Lying-in.

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confinement

noun
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
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

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conˈfinement1 noun
state of being shut up or imprisoned
Example: solitary confinement
Arabic: حَبْس، حَجْز، تَوْقيف
Chinese (Simplified): 监禁
Chinese (Traditional): 監禁
Czech: (u)věznění
Danish: fangenskab; indespærring
Dutch: opsluiting
Estonian: vangistus
Finnish: suljettuna olo, vankeus
French: emprisonnement
German: die Haft
Greek: φυλάκιση, εγκλεισμός
Hungarian: fogság
Icelandic: innilokun, fangavist
Indonesian: penyekapan
Italian: confino, prigionia
Japanese: 監禁
Korean: 감금
Latvian: vieninieku kamera
Lithuanian: įkalinimas
Norwegian: arrest, fangenskap, innesperring
Polish: uwięzienie, izolacja
Portuguese (Brazil): confinamento
Portuguese (Portugal): encarceramento
Romanian: închidere
Russian: заключение
Slovak: uväznenie
Slovenian: zapor
Spanish: reclusión
Swedish: fångenskap, fängsligt förvar
Turkish: kapatılma, hapsedilme
conˈfinement2 noun
(the time of) the birth of a child
Example: her third confinement
Arabic: فَتْرَة وِلادَة الطِّفْل، نَفاسُ المَرأه
Chinese (Simplified): 分娩
Chinese (Traditional): 分娩
Czech: porod
Danish: nedkomst
Dutch: bevalling
Estonian: mahasaamine
Finnish: synnytys
French: accouchement
German: die Niederkunft
Greek: τοκετός
Hungarian: szülés
Icelandic: sængurlega
Indonesian: persalinan
Italian: parto
Japanese: 出産
Korean: 출산
Latvian: dzemdības
Lithuanian: gimdymas
Norwegian: nedkomst, fødsel
Polish: poród
Portuguese (Brazil): parto
Portuguese (Portugal): parto
Romanian: naştere
Russian: роды
Slovak: pôrod
Slovenian: porod
Spanish: parto
Swedish: nedkomst, förlossning
Turkish: lohusalık
See also: confined, confine, confines

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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This

Confinement

Con*fine"ment\, n. 1. Restraint within limits; imprisonment; any restraint of liberty; seclusion.

The mind hates restraint, and is apt to fancy itself under confinement when the sight is pent up. --Addison.

2. Restraint within doors by sickness, esp. that caused by childbirth; lying-in.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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