Definition of confinement

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Confinement (n.) Restraint within doors by sickness, esp. that caused by childbirth; lying-in..

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Vent :: Vent (n.) Fig.: Opportunity of escape or passage from confinement or privacy; outlet.
Releasement :: Releasement (n.) The act of releasing, as from confinement or obligation..
Uncloister :: Uncloister (v. t.) To release from a cloister, or from confinement or seclusion; to set free; to liberate..
Captive :: Captive (a.) Of or pertaining to bondage or confinement; serving to confine; as, captive chains; captive hours..
Gaol :: Gaol (n.) A place of confinement, especially for minor offenses or provisional imprisonment; a jail..
Discharge :: Discharge (v. t.) To release legally from confinement; to set at liberty; as, to discharge a prisoner..
Lying-in :: Lying-in (n.) The state attending, and consequent to, childbirth; confinement..
Weary :: Weary (superl.) Having one's patience, relish, or contentment exhausted; tired; sick; -- with of before the cause; as, weary of marching, or of confinement; weary of study..
Forth :: Forth (adv.) Out, as from a state of concealment, retirement, confinement, nondevelopment, or the like; out into notice or view; as, the plants in spring put forth leaves..
Bedlam :: Bedlam (n.) A place appropriated to the confinement and care of the insane; a madhouse.
Clausure :: Clausure (n.) The act of shutting up or confining; confinement.
Unpen :: Unpen (v. t.) To release from a pen or from confinement.
Unmew :: Unmew (v. t.) To release from confinement or restraint.
Cage :: Cage (n.) A place of confinement for malefactor.
Vent :: Vent (v. t.) To suffer to escape from confinement; to let out; to utter; to pour forth; as, to vent passion or complaint..
Shama :: Shama (n.) A saxicoline singing bird (Kittacincla macroura) of India, noted for the sweetness and power of its song. In confinement it imitates the notes of other birds and various animals with accuracy. Its head, neck, back, breast, and tail are glossy black, the rump white, the under parts chestnut..
Retention :: Retention (n.) Place of custody or confinement.
Confinement :: Confinement (n.) Restraint within doors by sickness, esp. that caused by childbirth; lying-in..
Hold :: Hold (n.) A place of confinement; a prison; confinement; custody; guard.
Out :: Out (a.) Beyond the limits of concealment, confinement, privacy, constraint, etc., actual of figurative; hence, not in concealment, constraint, etc., in, or into, a state of freedom, openness, disclosure, publicity, etc.; as, the sun shines out; he laughed out, to be out at the elbows; the secret has leaked out, or is out; the disease broke out on his face; the book is out..
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