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The definition of confinement is the action or state of being contained or kept in a place or situation.

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When you are trapped in your home and not able to leave, this is an example of confinement.

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See confinement in Webster's New World College Dictionary

noun

a confining or being confined; specif.,

imprisonment
limitation; restriction; restraint
childbirth; lying-in

See confinement in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun

The act of confining or the state of being confined.
Lying-in.

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