confinementn.

/kənˈfʌɪnmənt/

Etymology: < French confinement (16th cent. in Littré), < confiner : see -ment suffix.

1. The action of confining, or (more usually) the fact or condition of being confined, shut up, or kept in one place; imprisonment.Usually with objective genitive.

ΘΚΠ

society > society and the community > social relations > lack of social communication or relations > retirement or seclusion > [noun] > confinement

confinement1646

claustration1863

shut-in-ness1913

society > authority > subjection > restraint or restraining > restraint depriving of liberty > confinement > [noun]

prisonOE

bonda1225

beclosing?c1225

narrowth?c1225

holdc1330

banda1400

festinance1426

duressc1430

enclosingc1440

closeness1530

durancea1535

closure1592

reclusedness1613

confinement1646

immurement1736

immuration1895

hack1899

prisonment1900

lockdown1973

1646 Sir T. Browne Pseudodoxia Epidemica 152 That darkenesse of earth, which was their naturall confinement .

1699 J. Potter Archæologiæ Græcæ II. iv. vi. 226 And so loose their Souls from their Confinements.

1726 J. Swift Gulliver II. iii. ii. 24 During my Confinement for want of Cloths.

1772 ‘Junius’ Stat Nominis Umbra II. lxviii. 314 The confinement of his body within four walls.

1816 R. Southey Poet's Pilgrimage to Waterloo i. 26 As the fierce tiger in confinement lies.

1834 S. Cooper Good's Study Med. (ed. 4) I. 190 It is rather the confinement, and the want of usual exercise, which should here be regarded as the cause of costiveness.

a. Restriction, limitation (to certain conditions).

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society > authority > subjection > restraint or restraining > restriction or limitation > [noun]

limiting1391

moderation1429

bridlingc1443

limitation1483

confine1548

restriction1554

limit1572

prescription1604

bounding1607

circumscriptiona1616

stricture1649

stinting1656

circumscribing1660

contractiona1670

confinement1678

contracting1692

handcuff1814

the world > relative properties > kind or sort > individual character or quality > quality of being special or restricted in application > quality of being restricted or limited > [noun] > restriction or limitation

definitionc1386

limiting1391

moderation1429

limitation1483

restriction1554

restraint1566

limit1572

stint1593

prescription1604

stintance1605

bounding1607

confining1608

confine1609

circumscriptiona1616

definement1643

stricture1649

stinting1656

circumscribing1660

contractiona1670

confinement1678

contracting1692

narrowing1871

1678 A. Littleton Linguæ Latinæ Liber Dictionarius A confinement, limitatio, restrictio.

1691 J. Ray Wisdom of God Pref. sig. A6^v After a short confinement to one sort of Dish.

1728 R. Morris Ess. Anc. Archit. 33 To prescribe Rules of Confinement, as to the minuter Proportions.

1789 J. Bentham Introd. Princ. Morals & Legisl. xvii. §16 Confinement to spare diet.

1846 J. Baxter Libr. Pract. Agric. (ed. 4) II. 97 Confinement to the same stock, a breeding from animals of the same blood.

†b. A restriction or limit. Obsolete. rare.

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society > authority > subjection > restraint or restraining > restriction or limitation > [noun] > a) restriction(s)

bandc1175

conditionc1380

restrictiona1450

within one's tether?1523

confine1548

confinement1649

ball and chain1855

control1920

conditionc1380

restrictiona1450

confinement1649

1649 Bp. J. Taylor Great Exemplar ii. vii. 30 The..question..which were the places of the right and the schismaticall temple, the confinements of the whole religion.

†3. An obligation, a personal tie. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

society > morality > duty or obligation > moral or legal constraint > [noun] > bond of duty

benda1250

banda1400

knota1500

tie1619

tial1623

confinement1656

1656 Ld. Orrery Parthenissa V. iii. iii. 148 I had Nobler confinements than profit to keep me in her Fathers Court.

1656 Ld. Orrery Parthenissa V. iii. iv. 251 A Prince, who by many confinements merited my Service.

4. spec. The being in child-bed; child-birth, delivery, accouchement. (The ordinary term for this in colloquial use: see confine v. 6. The Middle English equivalent was Our Lady's bands, bonds, or bends: see band n.¹ 1c, bend n.¹ 1d, bond n.¹ 1c.)

ΘΚΠ

the world > life > source or principle of life > birth > confinement > [noun]

childbeda1200

bend1297

gesinea1400

lying-inc1440

labour1472

down-lying1561

groaning1579

groaning-time1579

partion1656

crying out1692

accouchement1730

inlying1734

confinement1774

accubation1853

1774 M. Delany Autobiogr. & Corr. (1862) 2nd Ser. II. 15 I feel uncomfortable not to be able to come to her when she is under her confinement.

1811 Park in Medico-chirurg. Trans. II. 298 Mrs. S. whom I was engaged to attend in her first confinement.

1861 F. Nightingale Notes on Nursing (new ed.) 41 Women who had difficult confinements.

1870 E. Peacock Ralf Skirlaugh III. 211 Just recovered from her confinement.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1891; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	confinement
释义	confinementn. /kənˈfʌɪnmənt/ Etymology: < French confinement (16th cent. in Littré), < confiner : see -ment suffix. 1. The action of confining, or (more usually) the fact or condition of being confined, shut up, or kept in one place; imprisonment.Usually with objective genitive. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > social relations > lack of social communication or relations > retirement or seclusion > [noun] > confinement confinement1646 claustration1863 shut-in-ness1913 society > authority > subjection > restraint or restraining > restraint depriving of liberty > confinement > [noun] prisonOE bonda1225 beclosing?c1225 narrowth?c1225 holdc1330 banda1400 festinance1426 duressc1430 enclosingc1440 closeness1530 durancea1535 closure1592 reclusedness1613 confinement1646 immurement1736 immuration1895 hack1899 prisonment1900 lockdown1973 1646 Sir T. Browne Pseudodoxia Epidemica 152 That darkenesse of earth, which was their naturall confinement . View more context for this quotation 1699 J. Potter Archæologiæ Græcæ II. iv. vi. 226 And so loose their Souls from their Confinements. 1726 J. Swift Gulliver II. iii. ii. 24 During my Confinement for want of Cloths. 1772 ‘Junius’ Stat Nominis Umbra II. lxviii. 314 The confinement of his body within four walls. 1816 R. Southey Poet's Pilgrimage to Waterloo i. 26 As the fierce tiger in confinement lies. 1834 S. Cooper Good's Study Med. (ed. 4) I. 190 It is rather the confinement, and the want of usual exercise, which should here be regarded as the cause of costiveness. 2. a. Restriction, limitation (to certain conditions). ΘΚΠ society > authority > subjection > restraint or restraining > restriction or limitation > [noun] limiting1391 moderation1429 bridlingc1443 limitation1483 confine1548 restriction1554 limit1572 prescription1604 bounding1607 circumscriptiona1616 stricture1649 stinting1656 circumscribing1660 contractiona1670 confinement1678 contracting1692 handcuff1814 the world > relative properties > kind or sort > individual character or quality > quality of being special or restricted in application > quality of being restricted or limited > [noun] > restriction or limitation definitionc1386 limiting1391 moderation1429 limitation1483 restriction1554 restraint1566 limit1572 stint1593 prescription1604 stintance1605 bounding1607 confining1608 confine1609 circumscriptiona1616 definement1643 stricture1649 stinting1656 circumscribing1660 contractiona1670 confinement1678 contracting1692 narrowing1871 1678 A. Littleton Linguæ Latinæ Liber Dictionarius A confinement, limitatio, restrictio. 1691 J. Ray Wisdom of God Pref. sig. A6^v After a short confinement to one sort of Dish. 1728 R. Morris Ess. Anc. Archit. 33 To prescribe Rules of Confinement, as to the minuter Proportions. 1789 J. Bentham Introd. Princ. Morals & Legisl. xvii. §16 Confinement to spare diet. 1846 J. Baxter Libr. Pract. Agric. (ed. 4) II. 97 Confinement to the same stock, a breeding from animals of the same blood. †b. A restriction or limit. Obsolete. rare. ΘΚΠ society > authority > subjection > restraint or restraining > restriction or limitation > [noun] > a) restriction(s) bandc1175 conditionc1380 restrictiona1450 within one's tether?1523 confine1548 confinement1649 ball and chain1855 control1920 the world > relative properties > kind or sort > individual character or quality > quality of being special or restricted in application > quality of being restricted or limited > [noun] > a) restriction(s) conditionc1380 restrictiona1450 confinement1649 1649 Bp. J. Taylor Great Exemplar ii. vii. 30 The..question..which were the places of the right and the schismaticall temple, the confinements of the whole religion. †3. An obligation, a personal tie. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ society > morality > duty or obligation > moral or legal constraint > [noun] > bond of duty benda1250 banda1400 knota1500 tie1619 tial1623 confinement1656 1656 Ld. Orrery Parthenissa V. iii. iii. 148 I had Nobler confinements than profit to keep me in her Fathers Court. 1656 Ld. Orrery Parthenissa V. iii. iv. 251 A Prince, who by many confinements merited my Service. 4. spec. The being in child-bed; child-birth, delivery, accouchement. (The ordinary term for this in colloquial use: see confine v. 6. The Middle English equivalent was Our Lady's bands, bonds, or bends: see band n.¹ 1c, bend n.¹ 1d, bond n.¹ 1c.) ΘΚΠ the world > life > source or principle of life > birth > confinement > [noun] childbeda1200 bend1297 gesinea1400 lying-inc1440 labour1472 down-lying1561 groaning1579 groaning-time1579 partion1656 crying out1692 accouchement1730 inlying1734 confinement1774 accubation1853 1774 M. Delany Autobiogr. & Corr. (1862) 2nd Ser. II. 15 I feel uncomfortable not to be able to come to her when she is under her confinement. 1811 Park in Medico-chirurg. Trans. II. 298 Mrs. S. whom I was engaged to attend in her first confinement. 1861 F. Nightingale Notes on Nursing (new ed.) 41 Women who had difficult confinements. 1870 E. Peacock Ralf Skirlaugh III. 211 Just recovered from her confinement. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1891; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1646
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