What does Confinement mean?
Definitions for Confinement
kənˈfaɪn məntcon·fine·ment
This dictionary definitions page includes all the possible meanings, example usage and translations of the word Confinement.
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"
confinementnoun
the act of restraining of a person's liberty by confining them
confinementnoun
the state of being confined
"he was held in confinement"
restriction, confinementnoun
the act of keeping something within specified bounds (by force if necessary)
"the restriction of the infection to a focal area"
Wiktionary
confinementnoun
the act of confining or the state of being confined
confinementnoun
lying-in
Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
Confinementnoun
Imprisonment; incarceration; restraint of liberty.
Etymology: from confine.
Our hidden foes,
Now joyful from their long confinement rose. John Dryden, Virgil.The mind hates restraint, and is apt to fancy itself under confinement, when the sight is pent up in a narrow compass. Joseph Addison, Spectator, №. 412.
As to the numbers who are under this restraint, people do not seem so much surprised at the confinement of some as the liberty of others. Joseph Addison, Freeholder, №. 16.
ChatGPT
confinement
Confinement refers to the state or act of being confined, restrained or restricted within certain limits or boundaries. This can apply to various context such as physical imprisonment, isolation, containment of particles in a field, or in a broader sense, limitations or restrictions in lifestyle, movement, or activities.
Webster Dictionary
Confinementnoun
restraint within limits; imprisonment; any restraint of liberty; seclusion
Confinementnoun
restraint within doors by sickness, esp. that caused by childbirth; lying-in
Dictionary of Nautical Terms
confinement
Inflicted restraint; an arrest.
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Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of Confinement in Chaldean Numerology is: 7
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of Confinement in Pythagorean Numerology is: 1
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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.
If nothing turns out to be a catastrophe in the hospitals, then you’ll have that second mentality, but until we get to Jan. 15, nothing is going to be opening to that mentality. It’ll be more closed in, secure, confinement and restrictions. That is the pattern that we’re going to see.
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We expect viewing to decline and membership growth to decelerate as home confinement ends.
For Shin to be arrested for forced confinement and physical assaults shows that her church was not working as a' normal' church but had characteristics of a pseudo-religion exploiting the followers.
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.
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