confinement
noun/kənˈfaɪnmənt/
/kənˈfaɪnmənt/
- [uncountable] the state of being forced to stay in a closed space, prison, etc.; the act of putting somebody there
- years of confinement as a political prisoner
Extra ExamplesTopics Crime and punishmentc2- The animals are kept in close confinement.
- involuntary confinement to a psychiatric hospital
- their confinement to army barracks
- those birds that escape confinement and adapt to new environments
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- close
- solitary
- home
- …
- be held in
- be kept in
- be placed in
- …
- in confinement
- confinement to
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- [uncountable, countable] (formal or old-fashioned) the time when a woman gives birth to a baby
- the expected date of confinement
- a hospital/home confinement
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