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confinement

[ kuhn-fahyn-muhnt ]

noun

  1. the act of confining.
  2. the state of being confined. 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 ( arrest ).


confinement

/ əˈڲɪԳəԳ /

noun

  1. the act of confining or the state of being confined
  2. the period from the onset of labour to the birth of a child
  3. physics another name for containment
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Other Word Forms

  • ԴDzcDz·ھԱmԳ noun
  • DzcDz·ھԱmԳ noun
  • cDz·ھԱmԳ noun
  • -Dz·ھԱmԳ noun
  • i·Dz·ھԱmԳ noun
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Word History and Origins

Origin of confinement1

1640–50; confine + -ment; compare French confinement
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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.

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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.

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She suffered regular strip searches and nearly a year in solitary confinement.

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She got a lawyer and filed a lawsuit in Maryland seeking to have him returned from his confinement in El Salvador.

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"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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