Meaning & use
confinement
The state of being kept within a limited space, especially a room or prison, and unable to leave.
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After weeks of confinement in the small cell, he longed to walk outside again.
The patient was placed in confinement to prevent the infection from spreading to others.
A note on using this word
Confinement can describe a legal punishment, a medical isolation, or, in older usage, the period around childbirth.
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