| NOUN | state | confinement, parturiency, labor, labour, lying-in, travail, childbed | concluding state of pregnancy |
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| act | confinement | the act of restraining of a person's liberty by confining them | |
| state | confinement | the state of being confined | |
| act | confinement, restriction | the act of keeping something within specified bounds (by force if necessary) |
| Sounds | kahnfay'nmahnt | |
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| Rhymes | abandonment ... wonderment: 671 rhymes with ahnt... | |
| Meaning | concluding state of pregnancy; from the onset of contractions to the birth of a child. | |
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| Synonyms | parturiency, labor, labour, lying-in, travail, childbed | |
| Part of | pregnancy, gestation, maternity | The state of being pregnant |
| Parts | asynclitism, obliquity | The presentation during labor of the head of the fetus at an abnormal angle |
| effacement | shortening of the uterine cervix and thinning of its walls as it is dilated during labor | |
| uterine contraction | 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 | |
| Narrower | premature labor, premature labour | labor beginning prior to the 37th week of gestation |
| Broader | parturition, birth, giving birth, birthing | The process of giving birth |
| Spanish | embarazo, gestación | |
| Catalan | embaràs, gestació | |
| Meaning | The act of restraining of a person's liberty by confining them. | |
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| Narrower | commitment, committal, consignment | The official act of consigning a person to confinement (as in a prison or mental hospital) |
| house arrest | confinement to your own home | |
| imprisonment, internment | The act of confining someone in a prison (or as if in a prison) | |
| Broader | restraint | The act of controlling by restraining someone or something |
| Spanish | arresto, confinamiento, detención | |
| Catalan | arrest, confinament, detenció | |
| Verbs | confine | deprive of freedom |
| Meaning | The state of being confined. | |
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| Example | "he was held in confinement" | |
| Narrower | captivity, imprisonment, incarceration, immurement | The state of being imprisoned |
| constraint, restraint | The state of being physically constrained | |
| detention, detainment, hold, custody | A state of being confined (usually for a short time) | |
| solitary confinement, solitary | confinement of a prisoner in isolation from other prisoners | |
| Broader | subjugation, subjection | forced submission to control by others |
| Spanish | confinamiento | |
| Catalan | confinament | |
| Verbs | confine | close in |
| Meaning | The act of keeping something within specified bounds (by force if necessary). | |
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| Synonym | restriction | |
| Narrower | circumscription | The act of circumscribing |
| classification | restriction imposed by the government on documents or weapons that are available only to certain authorized people | |
| constraint | The act of constraining | |
| stipulation, specification | A restriction that is insisted upon as a condition for an agreement | |
| Broader | restraint | The act of controlling by restraining someone or something |
| Spanish | restricción | |
| Catalan | restricció | |
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