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