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confinement
/ əˈڲɪԳəԳ /
noun
- the act of confining or the state of being confined
- the period from the onset of labour to the birth of a child
- physics another name for containment
Other Word Forms
- ԴDzcDz·ھԱmԳ noun
- DzcDz·ھԱmԳ noun
- cDz·ھԱmԳ noun
- -Dz·ھԱmԳ noun
- i·Dz·ھԱmԳ noun
Word History and Origins
Origin of confinement1
Example Sentences
Scott said both animals would be better off at a sanctuary where they have many acres to openly roam in, rather than in the confinement of another zoo enclosure.
He was then held in solitary confinement for two weeks in the United States, while being denied contact with a lawyer before ultimately being shipped off to Syria.
She suffered regular strip searches and nearly a year in solitary confinement.
She got a lawyer and filed a lawsuit in Maryland seeking to have him returned from his confinement in El Salvador.
"As broken families, we firmly believe the appropriate punishment for this individual should be permanent solitary confinement. In truth, anything harsher would be more fitting."
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