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confinement

(kənfaɪnmənt)
Word forms: plural confinements
1. uncountable noun
Confinement is the state of being forced to stay in a prison or another place which you cannot leave.
She had been held in solitary confinement for four months.
He'd obviously kept himself fit despite his years of confinement.
Synonyms: imprisonment, custody, detention, incarceration More Synonyms of confinement
2. variable noun
A woman's confinement is the period of time just before and during which she gives birth to a child.
[formal]
There has been a movement to support women seeking home confinement.
More Synonyms of confinement

confinement in British English

(kənˈfaɪnmənt)
noun
1. 
the act of confining or the state of being confined
2. 
the period from the onset of labour to the birth of a child
3.  physics another name for containment (sense 3)

confinement in American English

(kənˈfaɪnmənt)
noun
a confining or being confined
; specif.,
a. 
imprisonment
b. 
limitation; restriction; restraint
c. 
childbirth; lying-in

Examples of 'confinement' in a sentence
confinement

He should have been kept in solitary confinement for his hideous crimes.
The Sun (2016)
It is a common practice of US jails to subject individuals on suicide watch to solitary confinement.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
Soon he found himself locked in an underground cell in solitary confinement.
Claudia Hammond EMOTIONAL ROLLERCOASTER: A Journey Through the Science of Feelings (2005)
He spent more than half of his time in prison in solitary confinement.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
There was a time when such confinement would have horrified me.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
She spent more than three months in solitary confinement before international pressure forced her release.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
They are now being held in solitary confinement cells near to the execution ground.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
It is not to be taken from the consulting room to a cell of solitary confinement.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
He spent nearly six months in solitary confinement for his many escape attempts.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
The solitary confinement cells and gallows are particularly chilling.
The Sun (2012)
Of all the games men and women play, tennis is the closest to solitary confinement.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
She has been held in solitary confinement, and without charge.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
He was sentenced to 18 months in solitary confinement.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
A third attempt also ended in failure and further periods in solitary confinement followed.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
A psychiatrist once told me that solitary confinement in prison is far worse than death.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
A lot of the stress and fatigue we now feel is compounded by confinement in close quarters.
Oxenhorn, Harvey Tuning the Rig: A Journey to the Arctic (1990)
He is so dangerous he has served all but four of his 34 years in prison in solitary confinement.
The Sun (2009)
He is likely to spend the rest of his life in a tough US prison in solitary confinement.
The Sun (2014)
He added: 'I was in solitary confinement for a time.
The Sun (2013)
Around 6,000 were jailed for their beliefs, some spending months in solitary confinement.
The Sun (2014)
He would almost certainly have been involved in it, had he not been at the time in solitary confinement as punishment for an earlier escape attempt.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
While in prison, I was subject to extended periods of solitary confinement and medical neglect.
Times, Sunday Times (2009)

In other languages
confinement

British English: confinement NOUN
Confinement is the state of being forced to stay in a prison or another place which you cannot leave.
She had been held in solitary confinement for four months.
  • American English: confinement
  • Brazilian Portuguese: reclusão
  • Chinese: 关押
  • European Spanish: reclusión
  • French: détention
  • German: Haft
  • Italian: reclusione
  • Japanese: 監禁状態
  • Korean: 감금
  • European Portuguese: reclusão
  • Latin American Spanish: reclusión

1 (noun) 
Definition
being confined
She had been held in solitary confinement for four months.
Synonyms
imprisonment
She was sentenced to seven years' imprisonment.
custody
Three people appeared in court and two of them were remanded in custody.
detention
the detention of the suspects ahead of the trial
incarceration
her mother's incarceration in a psychiatric hospital
internment
porridge (slang)
2 (noun) 
Definition
the period of childbirth
His pregnant wife is near her confinement.
Synonyms
childbirth
She wanted a natural childbirth.
labour
By the time she realised she was in labour, it was too late to get to the hospital.
lying-in
travail
parturition
childbed
accouchement (French)
time

Additional synonyms

in the sense of custody
Definition
imprisonment prior to being tried
Three people appeared in court and two of them were remanded in custody.
Synonyms
imprisonment,
detention,
confinement,
incarceration,
duress,
durance (archaic)
in the sense of detention
Definition
imprisonment, esp. of a suspect awaiting trial
the detention of the suspects ahead of the trial
Synonyms
imprisonment,
custody,
restraint,
keeping in,
quarantine,
confinement,
porridge (slang),
incarceration
in the sense of incarceration
her mother's incarceration in a psychiatric hospital
Synonyms
confinement,
restraint,
imprisonment,
detention,
captivity,
bondage,
internment,
porridge (slang)

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