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con·fine·ment
 confinement
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- pronunciation:
- k
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faIn
mnt
- features:
- Word Combinations (noun)
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noun |
| definition 1: |
the act of confining.
- synonyms:
- enclosure, limitation, restriction
- similar words:
- imprisonment, incarceration, keeping
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| definition 2: |
the state of being confined; imprisonment.
- synonyms:
- imprisonment, incarceration
- similar words:
- commitment, custody, duress, enclosure, prison, quarantine, restraint, restriction
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| definition 3: |
the state of being in childbirth; lying-in.
- synonyms:
- accouchement, lying-in
- similar words:
- childbirth, labor, parturition, travail
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| related words: |
birth, bondage, cage, chain, control, necessity |
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