confinement Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun concluding state of pregnancy; from the onset of contractions to the birth of a child
    travail; lying-in; childbed; labor; parturiency; labour.
    • she was in labor for six hours
  2. noun the act of restraining of a person's liberty by confining them
  3. noun the state of being confined
    • he was held in confinement
  4. noun the act of keeping something within specified bounds (by force if necessary)
    restriction.
    • the restriction of the infection to a focal area

WordNet

Con*fine"ment noun
Definitions
  1. Restraint within limits; imprisonment; any restraint of liberty; seclusion.
    The mind hates restraint, and is apt to fancy itself under confinement when the sight is pent up. Addison.
  2. Restraint within doors by sickness, esp. that caused by childbirth; lying-in.

Webster 1913