Synonyms for Confinement
kənˈfaɪn məntcon·fine·ment

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1. parturiency, labor, labour, confinement, lying-in, travail, childbednoun

   concluding state of pregnancy; from the onset of contractions to the birth of a child

   "she was in labor for six hours"

   Synonyms:
   trade union movement, elbow grease, task, proletariat, travail, childbed, labour, effort, project, labor movement, sweat, working class, toil, parturiency, labor, restriction, lying-in, confinement, exertion, undertaking

2. confinementnoun

   the act of restraining of a person's liberty by confining them

   Synonyms:
   labor, parturiency, lying-in, restriction, travail, labour, childbed

3. confinementnoun

   the state of being confined

   "he was held in confinement"

   Synonyms:
   labor, parturiency, lying-in, restriction, travail, labour, childbed

4. restriction, confinementnoun

   the act of keeping something within specified bounds (by force if necessary)

   "the restriction of the infection to a focal area"

   Synonyms:
   labour, confinement, parturiency, limitation, childbed, restriction, travail, lying-in, labor

Matched Categories

1. • Parturition
   • Restraint
   • Subjugation

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1. confinementnoun

   Synonyms:
   restraint

2. confinementnoun

   Synonyms:
   imprisonment, incarceration, captivity, duress, durance

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1. confinementnoun

   Synonyms:
   restraint, imprisonment, durance, duress, incarceration, immurement, limbo, limitation, circumscription, lying-in, childbirth

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1. List of paraphrases for "confinement":

   containment, isolation, childbirth, internment, detention, confining, imprisonment, lockdown, incommunicado, reclusion, insulation, incarceration, birth, placement, custody, delivery, hospitalization, seclusion

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How to use Confinement in a sentence?

1. Bruce Lee:

   Not being tense but ready. Not thinking but not dreaming. Not being set but flexible. Liberation from the uneasy sense of confinement. It is being wholly and quietly alive, aware and alert, ready for whatever may come.

2. Craig Haney:

   The widespread consensus among mental health professionals is that solitary confinement, for the overall majority of mentally ill prisoners, places them at severe risk of additional harm.

3. Noura Al-Jizawi:

   I just wanted to live in a country that respected me as a human; one that offered me some dignity and freedom. I could not accept that I had to live under a dictatorship, for that, we females – even the old ladies – were tortured the same way as the men. We were hung by our feet, electric shocks, our faces beaten into walls and our skin set on fire. My teeth were all broken. I spent more than a month in solitary confinement. I just kept praying for my body to stay alive.

4. Juan Mendez:

   I hope that President Obama's pledge to reform the criminal justice system regarding the practice of prolonged or indefinite solitary confinement is implemented without delay.

5. Ahmed Shaheed:

   I continue to receive frequent and alarming reports about the use of prolonged solitary and incommunicado confinement, torture and ill-treatment, lack of access to lawyers and the use of confessions solicited under torture as evidence in trials - practices that clearly violate Iran's own laws.