confinement: Meaning and Definition of
con•fine•ment
Pronunciation: (kun-fīn'munt), [key]
— n.
- the act of confining.
- the state of being confined.
- the lying-in of a woman in childbed; accouchement; childbirth.
- incarceration in a guardhouse or prison while awaiting trial or as a punishment (distinguished from arrest).
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