What does confinement mean?

Definitions for confinement
kənˈfaɪn məntcon·fine·ment

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. parturiency, labor, labour, confinement, lying-in, travail, childbednoun

    concluding state of pregnancy; from the onset of contractions to the birth of a child

    "she was in labor for six hours"

  2. confinementnoun

    the act of restraining of a person's liberty by confining them

  3. confinementnoun

    the state of being confined

    "he was held in confinement"

  4. restriction, confinementnoun

    the act of keeping something within specified bounds (by force if necessary)

    "the restriction of the infection to a focal area"

Wiktionary

  1. confinementnoun

    the act of confining or the state of being confined

  2. confinementnoun

    lying-in

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary

  1. Confinementnoun

    Imprisonment; incarceration; restraint of liberty.

    Etymology: from confine.

    Our hidden foes,
    Now joyful from their long confinement rose. John Dryden, Virgil.

    The mind hates restraint, and is apt to fancy itself under confinement, when the sight is pent up in a narrow compass. Joseph Addison, Spectator, №. 412.

    As to the numbers who are under this restraint, people do not seem so much surprised at the confinement of some as the liberty of others. Joseph Addison, Freeholder, №. 16.

ChatGPT

  1. confinement

    Confinement refers to the state or act of being confined, restrained or restricted within certain limits or boundaries. This can apply to various context such as physical imprisonment, isolation, containment of particles in a field, or in a broader sense, limitations or restrictions in lifestyle, movement, or activities.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Confinementnoun

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

  2. Confinementnoun

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

Dictionary of Nautical Terms

  1. confinement

    Inflicted restraint; an arrest.

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of confinement in Chaldean Numerology is: 7

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of confinement in Pythagorean Numerology is: 1

Examples of confinement in a Sentence

  1. Lois McMaster Bujold:

    It's important that someone celebrate our existence... People are the only mirror we have to see ourselves in. The domain of all meaning. All virtue, all evil, are contained only in people. There is none in the universe at large. Solitary confinement is a punishment in every human culture.

  2. Susana Cristo:

    This confinement is ruining the fruit of years of work, therapy, effort and personal resources, for Olivia, processing the world through her senses is fundamental. If I open the window, she sticks her little arms out.

  3. Eugene Botkin:

    My voluntary confinement here is restricted less by time than by my earthly existence. In essence I am dead -- dead for my children -- dead for my work ... I am dead but not yet buried, or buried alive -- whichever, the consequences are nearly identical ...

  4. David Fassler:

    The use of solitary confinement can and should be eliminated through adequate staffing, appropriate training and access to comprehensive assessment and treatment services for mental health and substance use disorders, president Obama’s decision to end the use of solitary confinement for juveniles in the federal system sends a timely and important message.

  5. Michael Douglas:

    I believe the moment where I started to change direction was when I was given my second sentence, iwas in solitary confinement and I felt something cracking or breaking inside of me.

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