ALL meanings of confinement
con·fine·ment
C c - uncountable noun confinement Confinement is the state of being forced to stay in a prison or another place which you cannot leave. 3
- variable noun confinement A woman's confinement is the period of time just before and during which she gives birth to a child. 3
- noun confinement the act of confining or the state of being confined 3
- noun confinement the period from the onset of labour to the birth of a child 3
- noun confinement a confining or being confined 3
- noun confinement limitation; restriction; restraint 3
- noun confinement childbirth; lying-in 3
- noun confinement The action of confining, or the state of being confined. 1
- noun confinement restraint, limitation 1
- noun confinement imprisonment 1
- noun confinement labour, childbirth 1
- noun confinement the act of confining. 1
- noun confinement the state of being confined. 1
- noun confinement the lying-in of a woman in childbed; accouchement; childbirth. 1
- noun confinement Military. incarceration in a guardhouse or prison while awaiting trial or as a punishment (distinguished from arrest). 1
- noun confinement the act of confining or the state of being confined. 0
- noun confinement lying-in, time of giving birth. 0