confinement meaning and definition

CONFINEMENT noun

Definition of confinement (noun)

1. concluding state of pregnancy; from the onset of contractions to the birth of a child
   • "she was in labor for six hours"
   • synonyms: childbed, labor, labour, lying-in, parturiency, travail
2. the act of restraining of a person's liberty by confining them
3. the state of being confined
   • "he was held in confinement"
4. the act of keeping something within specified bounds (by force if necessary)
   • "the restriction of the infection to a focal area"
   • synonyms: restriction