confinement : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: confinement	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for confinement
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
confinement n concluding state of pregnancy; from the onset of contractions to the birth of a child; "she was in labor for six hours" Synonym(s): parturiency, labor, labour, confinement, lying-in, travail, childbed the act of restraining of a person's liberty by confining them the state of being confined; "he was held in confinement" the act of keeping something within specified bounds (by force if necessary); "the restriction of the infection to a focal area" Synonym(s): restriction, confinement
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Confinement \Confine"ment\, n. 1. Restraint within limits; imprisonment; any restraint of liberty; seclusion. The mind hates restraint, and is apt to fancy itself under confinement* when the sight is pent up. --Addison. 2. Restraint within doors by sickness, esp. that caused by childbirth; lying-in.