noun
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the act of confining or the state of being confined
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the period from the onset of labour to the birth of a child
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physics another name for containment
Other Word Forms
- nonconfinement noun
- postconfinement noun
- preconfinement noun
- self-confinement noun
- semiconfinement noun
Etymology
Origin of confinement
Example Sentences
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He is in solitary confinement in a smaller than normal cell.
In the plea agreement, signed Wednesday, the U.S. attorney’s office is asking for home confinement as Claustro’s punishment.
From Los Angeles Times
A legal change in 2011 allowed juvenile offenders serving life without parole to recall their sentence and seek a resentencing in juvenile court, where the longest possible outcome is confinement up to age 25.
From Los Angeles Times
The result is that some of the most powerful politicians in America live under constant pressure to please social media—an unenviable confinement that we might call Twitter prison.
When that limit is exceeded, the plasma often becomes unstable, disrupting confinement and threatening the operation of the device.
From Science Daily
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