CONFINEMENT as NOUN

1. Meaning
   • the act of restraining of a person’’s liberty by confining them
   Hypernyms(s) confinement is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • restraint (what does restraint mean?)
   Hyponym(s)
   • imprisonment (what does imprisonment mean?)
   • internment (what does internment mean?)
   • house arrest (what does house arrest mean?)
   • commitment (what does commitment mean?)
   • committal (what does committal mean?)
   • consignment (what does consignment mean?)
   Derived(s)
   • confine (what does confine mean?)
   • detain (what does detain mean?)
2. Meaning
   • the state of being confined
   Usage Example(s)
   • he was held in confinement
   Hypernyms(s) confinement is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • subjugation (what does subjugation mean?)
   • subjection (what does subjection mean?)
   Hyponym(s)
   • constraint (what does constraint mean?)
   • restraint (what does restraint mean?)
   • captivity (what does captivity mean?)
   • imprisonment (what does imprisonment mean?)
   • incarceration (what does incarceration mean?)
   • immurement (what does immurement mean?)
   • detention (what does detention mean?)
   • hold (what does hold mean?)
   • custody (what does custody mean?)
   • solitary confinement (what does solitary confinement mean?)
   • solitary (what does solitary mean?)
   Derived(s)
   • enclose (what does enclose mean?)
   • hold in (what does hold in mean?)
   • confine (what does confine mean?)
3. Meaning
   • concluding state of pregnancy
   • from the onset of labor to the birth of a child
   Synonym(s)
   • childbed (what does childbed mean?)
   • labor (what does labor mean?)
   • labour (what does labour mean?)
   • lying-in (what does lying-in mean?)
   • parturiency (what does parturiency mean?)
   • travail (what does travail mean?)
   Usage Example(s)
   • she was in labor for six hours
   Hypernyms(s) confinement is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • parturition (what does parturition mean?)
   • birth (what does birth mean?)
   • giving birth (what does giving birth mean?)
   • birthing (what does birthing mean?)
   Hyponym(s)
   • premature labor (what does premature labor mean?)
   • premature labour (what does premature labour mean?)
   Derived(s)
   • labor (what does labor mean?)
   • labour (what does labour mean?)
   • labor (what does labor mean?)
   • labour (what does labour mean?)