confinements
States of detention
Confinements are instances of being confined—restricted to a particular place or condition.
A prisoner serves a period of confinement.
In older usage, a woman's confinement was the period surrounding childbirth when she remained indoors: She spent her confinement at her mother's house.
Solitary confinement isolates a prisoner from all human contact.
Confinement in jail
- detentionTemporary official holding
- captivityState of being confined
- imprisonmentLegal detention in jail
- internmentWartime civilian imprisonment
custody · lockup · solitary · cell · jail · prison · shackles · parole
Bound on extent
- constraintLimiting condition or rule
- boundaryLine marking a limit
- restraintControl over impulses
- restrictionLimit on action
containment · enclosure · quarantine · isolation · curfew · lockdown · barrier · perimeter
incarceration
Confinement in jail
- detentionTemporary official holding
- captivityState of being confined
- imprisonmentLegal detention in jail
internment · custody · lockup · solitary · cell · jail · prison · shackles · parole · sentence
limitation
Bound on extent
- constraintLimiting condition or rule
- boundaryLine marking a limit
- restraintControl over impulses
restriction · containment · enclosure · quarantine · isolation · curfew · lockdown · barrier · perimeter · fence
labor
Strenuous effort; also childbirth
- deliveryConveyance of goods
- lying-inChildbirth recuperation period
- postpartumAfter childbirth period
maternity · birthing · midwife · nursery · bedrest · pregnancy · maternal · newborn · recovery · prenatal
cramped
Uncomfortably lacking space
claustrophobic · boxed · walled · sealed · trapped · compressed · squeezed · hemmed · bounded · restricted
confinementsfreedoms
Rights to act unhindered
liberties · open spaces · free movement · openness · expanses
confinementsfreedoms
Rights to act unhindered
liberties · free rein · allowances · autonomy · independence
confinementsliberations
Acts of freeing captives
releases · emancipations · freedoms · discharges · escapes
- solitary confinementIsolated imprisonment in cell
- home confinementForced domestic detention
- magnetic confinementRestraining plasma via fields
- inertial confinementTrapping via rapid compression
- quantum confinementSize-limited particle behavior
- color confinementQuarks cannot exist alone