Confinement

Definitions

1. The act of confining or the state of being confined.
   countable, uncountable
2. Lying-in, time of giving birth.
   countable, dated, uncountable
3. lockdown
   countable, uncountable

Equivalents

Examples

““A Navy Sailor has been placed in pretrial confinement in connection with the death of Seaman Resendiz. Charges under the Uniform Code of Military Justice are pending,” NCIS told CNN in a statement Thursday.”

“In confinement ladies are attended, not by the ordinary doctors, but by women especially devoted to the calling, who regard their profession as honorable and humanitary.”

“At the wakes time Morel was working badly, and Mrs. Morel was trying to save⟳ against her confinement.”

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