Synonyms: confinement
Definition: the act of restraining of a person's liberty by confining them
Similar words: restraint
Definition: the act of controlling by restraining someone or something
Usage: the unlawful restraint of trade
Synonyms: restriction, confinement
Definition: the act of keeping something within specified bounds (by force if necessary)
Usage: the restriction of the infection to a focal area
Similar words: restraint
Definition: the act of controlling by restraining someone or something
Usage: the unlawful restraint of trade
Synonyms: confinement
Definition: the state of being confined
Usage: he was held in confinement
Similar words: subjection, subjugation
Definition: forced submission to control by others
Synonyms: travail, childbed, parturiency, confinement, labor, labour, lying-in
Definition: concluding state of pregnancy; from the onset of contractions to the birth of a child
Usage: she was in labor for six hours
Similar words: parturition, giving birth, birth, birthing
Definition: the process of giving birth