confinement

Pronunciation: /kənˈfaɪnmənt/

Reading level: hard

Estimated CEFR level: C1 — Advanced

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

  1. noun concluding state of pregnancy; from the onset of contractions to the birth of a child
  2. noun the act of restraining of a person's liberty by confining them
  3. noun the state of being confined

Etymology

Borrowed from French confinement. By surface analysis, confine + -ment.

In classic literature

Synonyms

parturiency, labor, labour, lying-in, travail, childbed

Semantic network

Broader (hypernyms)
parturition
Narrower (hyponyms)
premature labor

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