confinement (redirected from confinements)

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 [kənˈfaɪnmənt]

n

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

2. (Medicine / Gynaecology & Obstetrics) the period from the onset of labour to the birth of a child

3. (Physics / General Physics) Physics another name for containment [3]

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) She had been held in solitary confinement for four months.

2. childbirth, labour, travail, parturition, childbed, accouchement (French), time His pregnant wife is near her confinement.

Translations

confinement [kənˈfaɪnmənt] N

1. (= imprisonment) → prisión f, reclusión f
to be in solitary confinement → estar incomunicado, estar en pelota
confinement to barracks → arresto m en cuartel

2. (Med) (o.f.) → parto m

confinement [kənˈfaɪnmənt] n

(= imprisonment) → emprisonnement m, détention f

(MILITARY) → consigne f (au quartier)

(old-fashioned) [woman] (when giving birth) → accouchement m

confinement

n

(= imprisonment) (= act) → Einsperren nt; (in hospital) → Einweisung f; (of animals) → Gefangenhalten nt; (= state) → Eingesperrtsein nt; (in jail) → Haft f; (of animals) → Gefangenschaft f; (Mil) → Arrest m (also hum); confinement to barracks/one’s room → Kasernen-/Stubenarrest m; to put somebody in confinement → jdn einsperren; to keep somebody in close confinement → jdn in strengem Gewahrsam halten

(= restriction) → Beschränkung f (→ to auf +acc)

(dated: = childbirth) → Entbindung f, → Niederkunft f (old)

confinement [kənˈfaɪnmənt] n

a. (imprisonment) → reclusione f, detenzione f (Mil) → consegna

b. (Med) → parto