The mind hates restraint, and is apt to fancy itself
under confinement when the sight is pent up.
--Addison.
[1913 Webster]
2. Restraint within doors by sickness, esp. that caused by childbirth; lying-in. [1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English. 2000.
confinement — [ kɔ̃finmɑ̃ ] n. m. • 1481; de confiner 1 ♦ Action de confiner. ♢ Spécialt, méd. Interdiction à un malade de quitter la chambre. ⇒ quarantaine. 2 ♦ Phys. Limitation du volume accessible à des particules, dans une installation nucléaire. Spécialt… … Encyclopédie Universelle
Confinement — may refer to either Civil confinement for psychiatric patients Color confinement, the physical principle explaining the non observation of color charged particles like free quarks Solitary confinement, a strict form of imprisonment The… … Wikipedia
confinement — con·fine·ment n 1: the act of confining 2: the state of being confined Merriam Webster’s Dictionary of Law. Merriam Webster. 1996. confinement … Law dictionary
confinement — 1590s, from Fr. confinement (16c.; the O.Fr. word was confinacion), from confiner (see CONFINE (Cf. confine)). As a euphemism for childbed it dates from 1774 (the M.E. expression was Our Lady s bands) … Etymology dictionary
Confinement — [kən faɪnmənt, englisch »Einschließung«] das, s, in der Elementarteilchenphysik die Tatsache, dass es bisher nicht gelungen ist, die vermutlichen Grundbausteine der Kernmaterie, die Quarks, als isolierte freie Teilchen aufzufinden, sondern nur… … Universal-Lexikon
confinement — [n1] imprisonment; restriction bonds, bounding, bounds, check, circumscription, coercion, constrainment, constraint, control, cramp, curb, custody, delimitation, detention, immuration, incarceration, internment, jail, keeping, limitation,… … New thesaurus
confinement — [kən fīn′mənt] n. a confining or being confined; specif., a) imprisonment b) limitation; restriction; restraint c) childbirth; lying in … English World dictionary
confinement — n. imprisonment being confined 1) solitary confinement (they put him into solitary confinement) 2) confinement to (confinement to quarters) 3) in confinement (in solitary confinement) lying in (obsol.) 4) in confinement (before the birth of a… … Combinatory dictionary
Confinement — Cette page d’homonymie répertorie les différents sujets et articles partageant un même nom. Sur les autres projets Wikimedia : « Confinement », sur le Wiktionnaire (dictionnaire universel) Confinement peut faire référence à :… … Wikipédia en Français
confinement — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ close ▪ The animals are kept in close confinement. ▪ solitary ▪ home (AmE) ▪ He was sentenced to six months of home confinement … Collocations dictionary
