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Confinement
is always a great word to know.
So is confluent. Does it mean:
| flowing or running together |
| act of compelling or constraint |
Example Sentences
- But the chains and solitary confinement do seem a bit excessive.
- Doing so would clearly get us two years in solitary confinement.
- No other corrective or coercive techniques can be used while a detainee is in cramped confinement.
Collins
World English Dictionary
| confinement (kənˈfaɪnmənt) | |
| —n | |
| 1. | the act of confining or the state of being confined |
| 2. | the period from the onset of labour to the birth of a child |
| 3. | physics another name for containment |
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Etymonline
Word Origin & History
confinement
1590s, from Fr. confinement (16c.), from confiner (see confine). As a euphemism for "childbed" it dates from 1774 (the M.E. expression was Our Lady's bands).
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American Heritage
Medical Dictionary
confinement con·fine·ment (kən-fīn'mənt)
n.
The act of restricting or the state of being restricted in movement.
Lying-in.
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