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confinement definition

con·fine·ment (kən fīn′mənt)

noun

a confining or being confined; specif.,
  1. imprisonment
  2. limitation; restriction; restraint
  3. childbirth; lying-in

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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