Confinement
Pronunciation : Con*fine"ment
Part of Speech : n.
Definition : 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. Restraint within doors by sickness, esp. that caused by childbirth; lying-in.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
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