unconfined
adjective
1.
limited or restricted.
2.
unable to leave a place because of illness, imprisonment, etc.
3.
being in childbirth; being in parturition.
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confined (kənˈfaɪnd) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —adj | |
| 1. | enclosed or restricted; limited |
| 2. | in childbed; undergoing childbirth |
| confinedly | |
| —adv | |
| con'finedness | |
| —n | |
| unconfined (ˌʌnkənˈfaɪnd) | |
| —adj | |
| 1. | not enclosed or restricted; free |
| 2. | (of an emotion) not restricted or disguised: unconfined joy |
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confine
c.1400, from L. confinium (pl. confinia) "boundary, limit," from confine, neut. of confinis "bordering on," from com- "with" + finis "an end" (see finish). The noun is older in Eng.; verb sense of "keeping within limits" is from 1595.
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