confinement

Betekenis (Engels)

1. (countable, uncountable) The act of confining or the state of being confined.
2. (countable, dated, uncountable) Lying-in, time of giving birth.
3. (countable, uncountable) lockdown

Sinonieme

imprisonment

detention

incarceration

childbirth

restriction

limitation

delivery

captivity

restraint

bondage

lying-in

duress

arrest

childbed

labor

custody

birth

house arrest

binding

enclosure

accouchement

immurement

labour

commitment

confine

constraint

containment

detainment

durance

internment

isolation

parturition

seizure

shackles

travail

parturiency

inclosure

contraint

closing off

jail

jailhouse

curbing

contraction

limbo

capture

locking

locking up

caging

hermetic closure

penitentiary

Vertalings

détention

encierro

confinement

accouchement

confinamento

detenzione

Haft

emprisonnement

confinament

reclusión

detención

parto

περιορισμός

Einsperrung

τοκετός

Uitgespreek as (IPA)

/kənˈfaɪnmənt/

Etimologie (Engels)

Borrowed from French confinement. By surface analysis, confine + -ment.