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| 1. | [ noun ] the act of restraining of a person's liberty by confining them | |
| Synonyms: | detention | |
| Related terms: | restraint imprisonment house_arrest commitment confine | |
| 2. | [ noun ] (biology,obstetrics) concluding state of pregnancy; from the onset of labor to the birth of a child | |
| Synonyms: | parturiency labour lying-in travail childbed labor | |
| Examples: | "she was in labor for six hours" |
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| Related terms: | parturition premature_labor pregnancy effacement asynclitism uterine_contraction | |
| 3. | [ noun ] the state of being confined | |
| Examples: | "he was held in confinement" |
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| Related terms: | subjugation captivity detention solitary constraint enclose | |
| Similar spelling: |
confines confined confining convince convinced component |
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