Word

confinement, n.
(confinements)
freq. cnt. 2

the act of restraining of a person's liberty by confining them
<noun.act> freq. cnt.: 1 freq. cnt.: 1

confinement

lexical pointers

derivationally related form

confine

semantic pointers

hypernym

restraint

hyponym

imprisonment, internment house arrest commitment, committal, consignment

concluding state of pregnancy; from the onset of contractions to the birth of a child
<noun.state> freq. cnt.: 1 freq. cnt.: 1

childbed confinement labor labour lying-in parturiency travail

sample sentences

"she was in labor for six hours"

lexical pointers

derivationally related form

parturient parturient

lexical pointers

derivationally related form

labor

lexical pointers

derivationally related form

labour

semantic pointers

part meronym

uterine contraction effacement asynclitism, obliquity

hypernym

birth, parturition, giving birth, birthing

part holonym

pregnancy, gestation, maternity

hyponym

premature labor, premature labour

the act of keeping something within specified bounds (by force if necessary)
<noun.act>

confinement restriction

sample sentences

"the restriction of the infection to a focal area"

lexical pointers

derivationally related form

restrict

semantic pointers

hypernym

restraint

hyponym

classification stipulation, specification circumscription constraint

the state of being confined
<noun.state>

confinement

sample sentences

"he was held in confinement"

lexical pointers

derivationally related form

confine

semantic pointers

hypernym

subjugation, subjection

hyponym

constraint, restraint captivity, imprisonment, incarceration, immurement custody, detention, detainment, hold solitary confinement, solitary