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Synonyms for confinement
kənˈfaɪn məntcon·fine·ment
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Princeton's WordNet
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"
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trade union movement, elbow grease, task, proletariat, travail, childbed, labour, effort, project, labor movement, sweat, working class, toil, parturiency, labor, restriction, lying-in, exertion, undertakingconfinementnoun
the act of restraining of a person's liberty by confining them
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labor, parturiency, lying-in, restriction, travail, labour, childbedconfinementnoun
the state of being confined
"he was held in confinement"
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labor, parturiency, lying-in, restriction, travail, labour, childbedrestriction, confinementnoun
the act of keeping something within specified bounds (by force if necessary)
"the restriction of the infection to a focal area"
Synonyms:
labour, parturiency, limitation, childbed, restriction, travail, lying-in, labor
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Dictionary of English Synonymes
confinementnoun
Synonyms:
restraintconfinementnoun
Synonyms:
imprisonment, incarceration, captivity, duress, durance
Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words
confinementnoun
Synonyms:
restraint, imprisonment, durance, duress, incarceration, immurement, limbo, limitation, circumscription, lying-in, childbirth
PPDB, the paraphrase database
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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Words popularity by usage frequency
ranking | word | |
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#288 | project | |
#673 | delivery | |
#1992 | effort | |
#2035 | task | |
#2137 | labor | |
#2223 | birth | |
#3526 | labour | |
#4526 | placement | |
#6994 | limitation | |
#7664 | custody | |
#7800 | restriction | |
#8045 | isolation | |
#9977 | insulation | |
#10067 | detention | |
#10703 | sweat | |
#11236 | undertaking | |
#13920 | imprisonment | |
#16250 | containment | |
#18461 | childbirth | |
#19967 | confinement | |
#23277 | hospitalization | |
#28482 | incarceration | |
#29951 | travail | |
#31610 | lockdown | |
#35150 | toil | |
#38020 | exertion | |
#43160 | seclusion | |
#44228 | proletariat | |
#45055 | internment | |
#51173 | confining | |
#80002 | incommunicado | |
#249008 | reclusion |
How to use confinement in a sentence?
This idea of total incarceration just isn't working and it's not humane, solitary confinement literally drives men mad.
I think the cost of solitary confinement is now being critically examined and rethought, and prison systems are beginning to ask themselves whether this is worth it, and whether or not it does not create more harm than good, courts are pushing them to consider the inhumanity of the practice, as well.
This drop is not due to structural changes so as soon as confinement ends, I expect the emissions will go back close to where they were.
She was held in many prisons, she was held in solitary confinement. She was tortured. She was intimidated. She was ultimately raped by al-Baghdadi himself. The Obama administration was criticized over a reported 2015 rescue mission that targetedfour prisoners heldat a makeshift ISIS prison. By the time U.S. commandos stormed the compound, the hostages were already gone. Some relatives and people who worked on the raid blamed the White House for not acting swiftly enough on giving the mission a green light. Specific intelligence had emerged in late Mayproviding officials with the hostages likely location -- including a building, sources told Fox News at the time. The intelligence was described as being.
True liberation begins within. If the chains of the mind persist, the shackles of physical confinement are but an outer reflection of an unfree soul.
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