confinement


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confinement
n. limitation; imprisonment; childbirth

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confinement

Noun
1. concluding state of pregnancy; from the onset of labor to the birth of a child; "she was in labor for six hours"
(synonym) parturiency, labor, labour, lying-in, travail, childbed
(hypernym) parturition, birth, giving birth, birthing
(hyponym) premature labor, premature labour
(part-holonym) pregnancy, gestation, maternity
(part-meronym) uterine contraction
2. the act of restraining of a person's liberty by confining them
(hypernym) restraint
(hyponym) imprisonment, internment
(derivation) confine, detain
3. the state of being confined; "he was held in confinement"
(hypernym) subjugation, subjection
(hyponym) constraint, restraint
(derivation) enclose, hold in, confine


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confinement
nm. confinement, limitation, imprisonment

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confinement
n. uvěznění; v samovazbě