semi confinement

  

con·fine·ment

   [kuhn-fahyn-muhnt]
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; compare French confinement

Related forms
non·con·fine·ment, noun
post·con·fine·ment, noun
pre·con·fine·ment, noun
self-con·fine·ment, noun
sem·i·con·fine·ment, noun
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