Confinement Meaning

/kənˈfaɪnmənt/
C1

Definition, CEFR level C1, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.

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nounThe act of confining or the state of being confined.

nounLying-in, time of giving birth.

I was stuck in confinement for thirty days until I decided to pay a bribe.
Dan was released from solitary confinement after spending a month in the dark.
The warden sent Dan back to solitary confinement.
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CEFR Practice Quiz
The dog's long ____ in the small cage caused much distress.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
The prisoner was kept in solitary ____ for several ton.

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

"“A Navy Sailor has been placed in pretrial confinement in connection with the death of Seaman Resendiz. Charges under the Uniform Code of Military Justice are pending,” NCIS told CNN in a statement Thursday." — 2025 June 13, Rosa Flores, “Missing Navy sailor found dead in Virginia, another sailor in custody”, in CNN:
"In confinement ladies are attended, not by the ordinary doctors, but by women especially devoted to the calling, who regard their profession as honorable and humanitary." — 1887, The Popular Science Monthly, volume 31, page 629:
"At the wakes time Morel was working badly, and Mrs. Morel was trying to save against her confinement." — 1913, D. H. Lawrence, chapter 1, in Sons and Lovers:

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CEFR Practice Quiz
The dog's long ____ in the small cage caused much distress.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
The prisoner was kept in solitary ____ for several ton.

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