How to pronounce "confinement"

• "confinement" pronounced in English.

• "confinement" pronounced in French.

Meanings and definitions of "confinement"

Noun

concluding state of pregnancy; from the onset of contractions to the birth of a child; "she was in labor for six hours"

Synonyms:

• parturiency
• labor
• labour
• confinement
• lying-in
• travail
• childbed

Noun

the act of restraining of a person's liberty by confining them

Synonyms:

• confinement

Noun

the state of being confined; "he was held in confinement"

Synonyms:

• confinement

Noun

the act of keeping something within specified bounds (by force if necessary); "the restriction of the infection to a focal area"

Synonyms:

• restriction
• confinement