Confinement
Related Definitions
[n] the act of restraining of a person's liberty by confining them
[n] the state of being confined; "he was held in confinement"
[n] concluding state of pregnancy; from the onset of labor to the birth of a child; "she was in labor for six hours"
Related Terms
accouchement, beleaguerment, besetment, birth, birth throes, birthing, blessed event, blockade, blockading, boundary, bounds, childbearing, childbed, childbirth, circumscription, closeness, constraint, continence, cordoning, cramp, cramping, crowdedness,