confinement

/kənfˈaɪnmənt/ · 3 syllables

Meaning

noun

1. concluding state of pregnancy; from the onset of contractions to the birth of a child
   “she was in labor for six hours”
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”

Synonyms for confinement

• parturiency
• labor
• labour
• lying-in
• travail
• childbed
• restriction

Words that rhyme with confinement

• assignment
• refinement
• alignment
• consignment
• reassignment
• realignment