confinement
noun
- restraint within limits; imprisonment; any restraint of liberty; seclusion
Wiktionary
Pronunciation: /kənˈfaɪnmənt/
noun
Etymology: Borrowed from French confinement. By surface analysis, confine + -ment.
- The act of confining or the state of being confined.
““A Navy Sailor has been placed in pretrial confinement in connection with the death of Seaman Resendiz. Charges under the Uniform Code of Military Justice are pending,” NCIS told CNN in a statement Thursday.”
- Lying-in, time of giving birth.
“In confinement ladies are attended, not by the ordinary doctors, but by women especially devoted to the calling, who regard their profession as honorable and humanitary.”
“At the wakes time Morel was working badly, and Mrs. Morel was trying to save against her confinement.”
- lockdown