confinement

con·fine·ment  (kn-fnmnt)

n.

1. The act of confining or the state of being confined.

2. Lying-in.

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confinement

Noun

1. being confined

2. the period of childbirth

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	confinement - concluding state of pregnancy; from the onset of contractions to the birth of a child; "she was in labor for six hours" childbed, lying-in, parturiency, travail, labour, labor 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 - shortening of the uterine cervix and thinning of its walls as it is dilated during labor birthing, giving birth, parturition, birth - the process of giving birth maternity, pregnancy, gestation - the state of being pregnant; the period from conception to birth when a woman carries a developing fetus in her uterus premature labor, premature labour - labor beginning prior to the 37th week of gestation asynclitism, obliquity - the presentation during labor of the head of the fetus at an abnormal angle
	2.	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" internment, imprisonment - the act of confining someone in a prison (or as if in a prison) house arrest - confinement to your own home committal, consignment, commitment - the official act of consigning a person to confinement (as in a prison or mental hospital)
	3.	confinement - the state of being confined; "he was held in confinement" subjection, subjugation - forced submission to control by others constraint, restraint - the state of being physically constrained; "dogs should be kept under restraint" captivity, immurement, incarceration, 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" custody, detainment, detention, hold - a state of being confined (usually for a short time); "his detention was politically motivated"; "the prisoner is on hold"; "he is in the custody of police" solitary, solitary confinement - confinement of a prisoner in isolation from other prisoners; "he was held in solitary"
	4.	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 constraint - the act of constraining; the threat or use of force to control the thoughts or behavior of others

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confinement

noun 1. imprisonment, custody, detention, incarceration, internment, porridge (slang)

noun 2. childbirth, labour, travail, childbed, accouchement (French) time

Translations

confinement [kənˈfaɪnmənt] n (= prison) → reclusión f;

(MED) → parto;

in solitary confinement → incomunicado

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confinement [kənˈfaɪnmənt] n → emprisonnement m, détention f;

(Mil) → consigne f (au quartier);

(Med) → accouchement m

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confinement [kənˈfaɪnmənt] confine n → Haft f

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confinement [kənˈfaɪnmənt] n → prigionia;

(MIL) → consegna;

(MED) → parto