Confinement \Con*fine"ment\, n.

1. Restraint within limits; imprisonment; any restraint of liberty; seclusion. [1913 Webster]

The mind hates restraint, and is apt to fancy itself under confinement when the sight is pent up. --Addison. [1913 Webster]

2. Restraint within doors by sickness, esp. that caused by childbirth; lying-in. [1913 Webster]

Source: The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
 

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confinement

Source: WordNet (r) 2.0
 

Confinement \Con*fine"ment\, n.

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 Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)