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"confinement" Definition

  1. n. Restraint within limits; imprisonment; any restraint of liberty; seclusion.
  2. n. Restraint within doors by sickness, esp. that caused by childbirth; lying-in.

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Position in dictionary: 20178 of 111710 words.
Word Type: n., n.,
Words that start with "confinement": 1
Words that end with "confinement": 1
Words that contain "confinement": 1
Next words in dictionary: confiner, confining, confinity, confirm, confirmable
Previous words in dictionary: confineless, confined, confine, confinable, configuring

English Dictionary Definition of confinement

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