CONFINEMENT
\kənfˈa͡ɪnmənt], \kənfˈaɪnmənt], \k_ə_n_f_ˈaɪ_n_m_ə_n_t]\
Definitions of CONFINEMENT
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1920 - A practical medical dictionary.
- 1898 - Warner's pocket medical dictionary of today.
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1914 - Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language
- 1874 - Etymological and pronouncing dictionary of the English language
- 1846 - Medical lexicon: a dictionary of medical science
- 1898 - American pocket medical dictionary
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
- 1790 - A Complete Dictionary of the English Language
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concluding state of pregnancy; from the onset of labor to the birth of a child; "she was in labor for six hours"
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the state of being confined; "he was held in confinement"
By Princeton University
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concluding state of pregnancy; from the onset of labor to the birth of a child; "she was in labor for six hours"
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the state of being confined; "he was held in confinement"
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Restraint within limits; imprisonment; any restraint of liberty; seclusion.
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Restraint within doors by sickness, esp. that caused by childbirth; lying-in.
By Oddity Software
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The act of restricting or imprisoning; the state of being restricted; a woman's illness at the time of childbirth.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
By Stedman, Thomas Lathrop
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Lying-in; labor; parturition.
By William R. Warner
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State of being shut up: restraint from going abroad by sickness, and esp. of women in childbirth: seclusion.
By Daniel Lyons
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
By James Champlin Fernald
By Nuttall, P.Austin.
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Restraint within limits; imprisonment; seclusion; voluntary restraint in any way; restraint by sickness-applied to a woman in childbirth.
By Stormonth, James, Phelp, P. H.
By Willam Alexander Newman Dorland
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n. Restraint within limits; imprisonment; —detention within doors by sickness, especially that caused by child-birth.
By Thomas Sheridan
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