Definition of confinement Confinement

/kʌnfajˈnmʌnt/ - [kunfaynmunt] - con•fine•ment

We found 9 definitions of confinement from 5 different sources.

What does confinement mean?

WordNet

Noun Plural: confinements
confinement - the state of being confined; "he was held in confinement"
		subjection, subjugation forced submission to control by others
		constraint, restraint the act of constraining; the threat or use of force to control the thoughts or behavior of others
		immurement, incarceration, captivity, imprisonment the state of being imprisoned; "he was held in captivity until he died"; "the imprisonment of captured soldiers"; "his ignominious incarceration in the local jail"; "he practiced the immurement of his enemies in the castle dungeon"
		detainment, detention, custody, hold a punishment in which a student must stay at school after others have gone home; "the detention of tardy pupils"
confinement - the act of restraining of a person's liberty by confining them
		restraint the act of controlling by restraining someone or something; "the unlawful restraint of trade"
		imprisonment, internment the act of confining someone in a prison (or as if in a prison)
		house arrest confinement to your own home
confinement - concluding state of pregnancy; from the onset of contractions to the birth of a child; "she was in labor for six hours"
		parturiency, labor, labour, lying-in, travail, childbed
		birthing, giving birth, parturition, birth the process of giving birth
		pregnancy, gestation, maternity the state of being pregnant; the period from conception to birth when a woman carries a developing fetus in her uterus
		uterine contraction a rhythmic tightening in labor of the upper uterine musculature that contracts the size of the uterus and pushes the fetus toward the birth canal
		effacement withdrawing into the background; making yourself inconspicuous
		premature labor, premature labour labor beginning prior to the 37th week of gestation
confinement - the act of keeping something within specified bounds (by force if necessary); "the restriction of the infection to a focal area"
		restriction
		restraint the act of controlling by restraining someone or something; "the unlawful restraint of trade"
		classification restriction imposed by the government on documents or weapons that are available only to certain authorized people
		stipulation, specification a restriction that is insisted upon as a condition for an agreement
		circumscription the act of circumscribing

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Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘

confinement (n.)
Restraint within limits; imprisonment; any restraint of liberty; seclusion.
confinement (n.)
Restraint within doors by sickness, esp. that caused by childbirth; lying-in.