confinement

Noun

Meaning

Restraint within limits; imprisonment; any restraint of liberty; seclusion.

Restraint within doors by sickness, esp. that caused by childbirth; lying-in.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

labour travail labor restriction childbed lying-in parturiency nativity interment labour party POW camp gaol control aphasia serfdom

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Antonyms

liberty deliverance amnesty release emancipation decision

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Hypernyms

birth restraint subjugation birthing subjection parturition

Hyponyms

hold classification specification commitment imprisonment custody

Phrases with the word

non-confinement be free from confinement kept in confinement confinement to bed confinement in prison confinement of prisoners

Examples

she was in labor for six hours Source: Internet

the restriction of the infection to a focal area Source: Internet

he was held in confinement Source: Internet

A drone has been flying above central Nice this afternoon broadcasting messages urging people to respect the confinement measures. Source: Internet

According to other figures from the minister, 12.6 million checks have been carried out by the police and gendarmes since the start of confinement in mid-March resulting in 762,106 fines. Source: Internet

According to police, the FIR has been filed under IPC sections 147 (rioting), 506 (intimidation), 353 (assault), 323 (causing hurt) and 342 (wrongful confinement). Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

confinedness confinee confineless confinement in prison confinement loaf confinement of prisoners