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confinements

confinements is the plural of confinement.

Meaning of confinement

Noun

confinement (countable and uncountable, plural confinements)

  1. 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
  2. (dated) 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
    Synonyms:
    labour, birthing
  3. lockdown

Phrases with confinements

Questions about confinements

What is confinements the plural of?
Confinements is the plural of confinement.

Words near confinements in the dictionary

  1. confineless
  2. confinement
  3. confinement loaf
  4. confinement time
  5. confinement times
  6. confinements
  7. confiner
  8. confiners
  9. confines
  10. confines oneself
  11. confinest

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