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Bookmark or Share- Confinement Definition & Meaning - Merriam-WebsterThe meaning of CONFINEMENT is an act of confining : the state of being confined; especially : lying-in. How to use confinement in a sentence.
- Confine Definition & Meaning - Merriam-Websternoun. con· fine ˈkän-ˌfīn. also. kən-ˈfīn. Synonyms of confine. 1. confines plural. a. : something (such as borders or walls) that encloses. outside the confines of the office or hospital W. A. Nolen. also : something that restrains. escape from the confines of soot and clutter E. S. Muskie. b. : scope sense 3.
- CONFINEMENT | English meaning - Cambridge Dictionarynoun. uk / kənˈfaɪn.mənt / us / kənˈfaɪn.mənt / Add to word list. [ U ] the situation in which a person or animal is kept somewhere, usually by force: She spent most of those years under house arrest or close confinement. [ C or U ] old-fashioned or formal. labour UK (= the process of giving birth to a baby)
- confinement noun - Definition, pictures, pronunciation and usage notes ...noun. /kənˈfaɪnmənt/ [uncountable] the state of being forced to stay in a closed space, prison, etc.; the act of putting somebody there. her confinement to a wheelchair. years of confinement as a political prisoner. see also home confinement, solitary confinement. Extra Examples. Topics Crime and punishment c2. Oxford Collocations Dictionary.
- CONFINEMENT Definition & Meaning | Dictionary.comnoun. the act of confining. the state of being confined. confined. the lying-in of a woman in childbed; accouchement; childbirth. Military. incarceration in a guardhouse or prison while awaiting trial or as a punishment ( arrest ). confinement.
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