confinement

[US]/kənˈfaɪnmənt/
[UK]/kənˈfaɪnmənt/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

n. restriction, giving birth while being confined

Phrases & Collocations

solitary confinement

medical confinement

home confinement

inertial confinement

Example Sentences

their confinement to army barracks

The animals are kept in close confinement.

He spent eleven years in solitary confinement.

is the taking away or asportation of a person against the person's will, usually to hold the person in false imprisonment, a confinement without legal authority.

The general sent the troops committed to his charge into battle. The word can also refer to giving over for preservation or confinement:

The traditional “confinement in childbirth” has a great deal of problems about health of mothers and infants.Modern health care mode during stegmonth has its limitation in guiding postpartum recovery.

(4) The palaeotectonic movements resulted in the complicate stages of fractures, the relations between fractures were cutting, confinement, tacnode and so on, and formed 2 types 6 groups fractures.

Real-world Examples

According to prison sources, he's being kept in solitary confinement.

Source: BBC Listening Compilation April 2019

When I was on Rikers Island, the huge thing was solitary confinement.

Source: TED Talks (Audio Version) March 2015 Collection

Matthew Miller spent six months in confinement.

Source: AP Listening December 2014 Collection

But your confinement is for your own good.

Source: TV series Person of Interest Season 3

They usually transfer these journalists immediately to solitary confinement.

Source: CNN 10 Student English Compilation October 2022

The new structure became known as the new safe confinement building.

Source: Realm of Legends

Backstage, we were told that Navalny's in solitary confinement and unwell.

Source: NPR News March 2023 Compilation

Solitary confinement was originally designed to break a person mentally, physically and emotionally.

Source: TED Talks (Audio Version) March 2015 Collection

One thing that kept me sane while I was in solitary confinement was reading.

Source: TED Talks (Audio Version) March 2015 Collection

A prisoner who is actively planning his escape finds his confinement much less oppressive.

Source: Modern University English Intensive Reading (2nd Edition) Volume 3

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