Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun confinement

4 senses of confinement

Sense 1
parturiency, labor, labour, confinement, lying-in, travail, childbed -- (concluding state of pregnancy; from the onset of contractions to the birth of a child; "she was in labor for six hours")
       => parturition, birth, giving birth, birthing -- (the process of giving birth)

Sense 2
confinement -- (the act of restraining of a person's liberty by confining them)
       => restraint -- (the act of controlling by restraining someone or something; "the unlawful restraint of trade")

Sense 3
confinement -- (the state of being confined; "he was held in confinement")
       => subjugation, subjection -- (forced submission to control by others)

Sense 4
restriction, confinement -- (the act of keeping something within specified bounds (by force if necessary); "the restriction of the infection to a focal area")
       => restraint -- (the act of controlling by restraining someone or something; "the unlawful restraint of trade")