CONFINEMENT

confinement. Confinement, n. a restraint, an imprisonment

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Con‐fine″ment (?), n. 1. 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. 2. Restraint within doors by sickness, esp. that caused by childbirth; lying-in.