confinement
Syllables: con·fine·ment/kənˈfaɪnmənt/
confinement noun: the act of confining or the state of being confined.
Noun
confinement (countable and uncountable, plural confinements)
- The act of confining or the state of being confined.
- “A Navy Sailor has been placed in pretrial confinement in connection with the death of Seaman Resendiz. Charges under the Uniform Code of Military Justice are pending,” NCIS told CNN in a statement Thursday.2025 June 13, Rosa Flores, “Missing Navy sailor found dead in Virginia, another sailor in custody”, in CNN
- Lying-in, time of giving birth.
- In confinement ladies are attended, not by the ordinary doctors, but by women especially devoted to the calling, who regard their profession as honorable and humanitary.1887, The Popular Science Monthly, volume 31, page 629
- At the wakes time Morel was working badly, and Mrs. Morel was trying to save against her confinement.1913, D. H. Lawrence, chapter 1, in Sons and Lovers
- lockdown
confinement meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
confinement in Hindi
- confinement, custody
- हिरासत hirāsat
- confinement, imprisonment
- बंद band
confinement in Tamil
- அடைப்பு, கட்டுப்பாடு, சிறை வாசம், சிறைப் பட்ட நிலை, சிறைப்பட்ட நிலை, தடுப்புக் காவல்
confinement in Marathi
- state of being confined
- बंदिवास bandīvāsa
confinement in Urdu
- confinement
- قید qaid
More languagesFewer languages
- confinement in Malayalam
- നിയന്ത്രണം, തടവ്, രോഗാവസ്ഥയിലുള്ള കിടപ്പ്, പ്രസവിച്ച് കിടപ്പ്
- confinement in Kannada
- ಸೆರೆ
- confinement in Sanskrit
- निरोध nirodha
- confinement in Malay
- pengurungan, pantang, pramurawat
Examples of confinement in a sentence
- He had been in disciplinary confinement (“the box”)—punishment reserved for serious prison offenses—for 14 months.
- Miers — then they would have the right to challenge their confinement in federal court.
- In Memoirs of a Woman Doctor, images of confinement merge with family images.
Synonyms of confinement
Forms of confinement
| plural | confinements |
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Origin of confinement
Borrowed from French confinement. By surface analysis, confine + -ment.
Words formed from confinement
Phrases with confinement
Words that rhyme with confinement
Questions about confinement
- What does confinement mean?
- Confinement means the act of confining or the state of being confined.
- What is confinement in Hindi?
- Confinement in Hindi is हिरासत (hirāsat), बंद (band). See Confinement meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is confinement?
- Confinement is a noun.
- How do you pronounce confinement?
- Confinement is pronounced /kənˈfaɪnmənt/.
- What is the plural of confinement?
- The plural of confinement is confinements.
Words near confinement in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: confinement (page history and authors); बंद (Hindi) (page history and authors); confinement (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); قید (Urdu) (page history and authors); confinement (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); confinement (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); निरोध (Sanskrit) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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