confinement

English Thesaurus

1. the act of restraining of a person's liberty by confining them (noun.act)

hypernym	:	restraint,
definition	:	the act of controlling by restraining someone or something (noun.act)

hyponym	:	imprisonment, internment,
definition	:	the act of confining someone in a prison (or as if in a prison) (noun.act)

hyponym	:	house arrest,
definition	:	confinement to your own home (noun.act)

hyponym	:	commitment, committal, consignment,
definition	:	the official act of consigning a person to confinement (as in a prison or mental hospital) (noun.act)

2. the act of keeping something within specified bounds (by force if necessary) (noun.act)

hypernym	:	restraint,
definition	:	the act of controlling by restraining someone or something (noun.act)

hyponym	:	classification,
definition	:	restriction imposed by the government on documents or weapons that are available only to certain authorized people (noun.act)

hyponym	:	specification, stipulation,
definition	:	a restriction that is insisted upon as a condition for an agreement (noun.act)

hyponym	:	circumscription,
definition	:	the act of circumscribing (noun.act)

hyponym	:	constraint,
definition	:	the act of constraining; the threat or use of force to control the thoughts or behavior of others (noun.act)

3. the state of being confined (noun.state)

hypernym	:	subjection, subjugation,
definition	:	forced submission to control by others (noun.state)

hyponym	:	constraint, restraint,
definition	:	the state of being physically constrained (noun.state)

hyponym	:	captivity, immurement, imprisonment, incarceration,
definition	:	the state of being imprisoned (noun.state)

hyponym	:	custody, detainment, detention, hold,
definition	:	a state of being confined (usually for a short time) (noun.state)

hyponym	:	solitary, solitary confinement,
definition	:	confinement of a prisoner in isolation from other prisoners (noun.state)

4. concluding state of pregnancy; from the onset of contractions to the birth of a child (noun.state)

hypernym	:	birth, birthing, giving birth, parturition,
definition	:	the process of giving birth (noun.process)

hyponym	:	premature labor, premature labour,
definition	:	labor beginning prior to the 37th week of gestation (noun.state)

part holonym	:	uterine contraction,
definition	:	a rhythmic tightening in labor of the upper uterine musculature that contracts the size of the uterus and pushes the fetus toward the birth canal (noun.act)

part holonym	:	effacement,
definition	:	shortening of the uterine cervix and thinning of its walls as it is dilated during labor (noun.process)

part holonym	:	asynclitism, obliquity,
definition	:	the presentation during labor of the head of the fetus at an abnormal angle (noun.state)

part meronym	:	gestation, maternity, pregnancy,
definition	:	the state of being pregnant; the period from conception to birth when a woman carries a developing fetus in her uterus (noun.state)

5. the act of restraining of a person's liberty by confining them (noun.act)

derivation	:	confine, detain,
definition	:	deprive of freedom; take into confinement (verb.social)

6. the act of keeping something within specified bounds (by force if necessary) (noun.act)

derivation	:	bound, confine, limit, restrain, restrict, throttle, trammel,
definition	:	place limits on (extent or access) (verb.change)

7. the state of being confined (noun.state)

derivation	:	confine, enclose, hold in,
definition	:	close in (verb.stative)

8. concluding state of pregnancy; from the onset of contractions to the birth of a child (noun.state)

derivation	:	labor, labour,
definition	:	undergo the efforts of childbirth (verb.body)

derivation	:	parturient,
definition	:	giving birth (adj.all)

derivation	:	parturient,
definition	:	of or relating to or giving birth (adj.pert)

9. the act of restraining of a person's liberty by confining them (noun.act)

derivation	:	confine, detain,
definition	:	deprive of freedom; take into confinement (verb.social)

10. the act of keeping something within specified bounds (by force if necessary) (noun.act)

derivation	:	bound, confine, limit, restrain, restrict, throttle, trammel,
definition	:	place limits on (extent or access) (verb.change)

11. the state of being confined (noun.state)

derivation	:	confine, enclose, hold in,
definition	:	close in (verb.stative)

12. concluding state of pregnancy; from the onset of contractions to the birth of a child (noun.state)

derivation	:	labor, labour,
definition	:	undergo the efforts of childbirth (verb.body)

derivation	:	parturient,
definition	:	giving birth (adj.all)

derivation	:	parturient,
definition	:	of or relating to or giving birth (adj.pert)