confinement
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confinement
- /kənˈfaɪnmənt/
Rhymes with -aɪnmənt
Where it comes from
Borrowed from French confinement. By surface analysis, confine + -ment.
noun confinements
- 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.
- Lying-in, time of giving birth. 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.
- lockdown
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: detention, labor, labour, travail, parturiency, childbed, lying-in, captivity, incarceration, jailing, imprisonment, detainment, internment, penitentiary, prison, jail
Translations
Every language
noun state of being confined
| Español | confinamiento |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 갇힘 gachim, 얽매임 eongmaeim, 속박 sokbak, 구금 gugeum, 감금 gamgeum |
| 日本語 | 監禁 |
| 中文 | 監禁 /监禁 jiānjìn |
| Português | confinamento |
| Français | confinement |
| Italiano | confinamento |
| Ελληνικά | φυλάκιση fylákisi |
| Русский | заключе́ние zaključénije, заточение zatočenije, ограниче́ние ograničénije |
Talk about this word "confinement." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/confinement. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. confinement. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/confinement "confinement." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/confinement.Cite this
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title = {confinement},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
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urldate = {2026-11-06}
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