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confinement
/kənˈfaɪnmənt/ · 11 letters · 8 distinct letters
- noun
concluding state of pregnancy; from the onset of contractions to the birth of a child
she was in labor for six hours
- noun
the act of restraining of a person's liberty by confining them
- noun
the state of being confined
he was held in confinement
- noun
the act of keeping something within specified bounds (by force if necessary)
the restriction of the infection to a focal area