confinement en · NOUN
Pronunciation
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- /kənˈfaɪnmənt/
Etymology
Borrowed from French confinement. By surface analysis, confine + -ment.
Meanings
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(countable, uncountable) The act of confining or the state of being confined.
“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.
2025 June 13, Rosa Flores, “Missing Navy sailor found dead in Virginia, another sailor in custody”, in CNN:
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(countable, dated, uncountable) Lying-in, time of giving birth.
At the wakes time Morel was working badly, and Mrs. Morel was trying to save against her confinement.
1913, D. H. Lawrence, chapter 1, in Sons and Lovers: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.
1887, The Popular Science Monthly, volume 31, page 629:
- (countable, uncountable) lockdown
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| confinements | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Deriveds
confinement time · nanoconfinement · unconfinement · deconfinement · expected date of confinement · preconfinement · postconfinement · bioconfinement · nonconfinement · self-confinement · reconfinement · energy confinement time · solitary confinement · confinement loaf · anticonfinement
Synonyms
Translations (40)
it confinamento (state of being confined) · ru ро́ды (lying-in) · ko 구금 (state of being confined) · es confinamiento (state of being confined) · mk породу́вање (lying-in) · mr बंदिवास (state of being confined) · cmn 坐月子 (lying-in) · ms pantang (lying-in) · ko 속박 (state of being confined) · txb prutkālñe (state of being confined) · fi vankeus (state of being confined) · cmn 監禁 /监禁 (state of being confined) · la inclūsiō (state of being confined) · ca confinament (state of being confined) · ru заточение (state of being confined) · fr confinement (state of being confined) · bg ограничение (state of being confined) · ja 監禁 (state of being confined) · mk ограничу́вање (state of being confined) · bg раждане (lying-in) · el φυλάκιση (state of being confined) · mk заклучу́вање (state of being confined) · yi קימפּעט (lying-in) · cs zajetí (state of being confined) · ms pengurungan (state of being confined) · mi hamarurutanga (state of being confined) · mi mauheretanga (state of being confined) · fi eristys (state of being confined) · uk ув'язнення (state of being confined) · mk затво́рање (state of being confined) · oc confinament (state of being confined) · pt confinamento (state of being confined) · ko 감금 (state of being confined) · ru ограниче́ние (state of being confined) · gl confinamento (state of being confined) · ko 갇힘 (state of being confined) · ms pramurawat (lying-in) · el τοκετός (lying-in) · ko 얽매임 (state of being confined) · ru заключе́ние (state of being confined)