confinement synonyms

confinement

n.

  1. The state of being confined

    restriction, limitation, circumscription, constraint, repression, control, coercion, keeping, safekeeping, custody, quarantine, curb, bounding, bounds, trammels, check, closeness, bonds, detention, imprisonment, incarceration, immuration; see also captivity, chains, imprisonment 1, jail, restraint 2.

    Antonyms freedom*, release*, independence. *

  2. The period that accompanies childbirth

    lying-in, accouchement, childbed, delivery, parturition, childbirth, travail, labor, one's time*; see also childbirth, delivery 2.

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