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confinement
/kənˈfaɪnmənt/
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What does confinement mean?
noun
- The act of confining or the state of being confined.
- lockdown
More meanings (1)
noun
- (dated) Lying-in, time of giving birth.
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IPA pronunciation
/kənˈfaɪnmənt/
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“I only ask one thing,” said Bigrenaille, “and that is, that I may not be denied tobacco while I am in confinement.”
Like all that eats, it has intestinal waste matter with regard to which its confinement compels it to behave with extreme discretion.
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Indeed, the demand for a ready-made confinement outfit has become large enough to lead several firms to put them upon the market.
She liked doing it after the confinement of the sick chamber, where she was not now required by reason of her mother’s improvement.
I am now attending a lady in her fourth confinement, who is unable, from defect in her nipples, to suckle her children.