confinement
(noun)
noun
1. concluding state of pregnancy; from the onset of contractions to the birth of a child
Similar word(s): childbed, labor, labour, parturiency, travail
Definition categories: state, birth, birthing, parturition
2. the act of restraining of a person's liberty by confining them
Definition categories: act, restraint
3. the state of being confined
- he was held in confinement
Definition categories: state, subjection, subjugation
4. the act of keeping something within specified bounds (by force if necessary)
Similar word(s): restriction