confines
Keeps penned in
Confines are boundaries or limits that restrict movement or activity.
The word usually appears in phrases like within the confines of or beyond the confines of: within the confines of the law, beyond the confines of the classroom.
Physical confines are enclosing walls or borders; abstract confines are constraints on thought or behavior.
The stress falls on the first syllable, distinguishing the noun from the verb confine.
Imposed maximum points
- boundsEdges or leaps
- bordersLines separating regions
- perimeterShape's outer edge length
- edgeBoundary or sharpness
margins · parameters · extent · scope · range · demarcation · threshold · brink
Limits on action
- limitationsImposed or inherent bounds
- restraintsThings that hold back
- boundsEdges or leaps
- stricturesLimiting rules or criticisms
curbs · checks · controls · fetters · shackles · barriers · obstacles · impediments
limits
Imposed maximum points
edge · margins · parameters · extent · scope · range · demarcation · threshold · brink · verge
constraints
Limits on action
- limitationsImposed or inherent bounds
- restraintsThings that hold back
- boundsEdges or leaps
strictures · curbs · checks · controls · fetters · shackles · barriers · obstacles · impediments · prohibitions
cell
Basic unit of life
quarters · prison · dungeon · vault · compartment · coop · kennel · stockade · brig · detention
domain
Area of control
- realmGoverned territory or sphere
- jurisdictionLegal authority's scope
- regionIndefinite bounded area
province · zone · area · district · sphere · precinct · locality · environs · grounds · premises
- constraintsconstraint, limits, restrictions, deadline, restraints
- enclosesencloses, surrounds, encircles, encompasses, contains
- punishespunishes, penalizes, disciplines, chastises, castigates
- boundariesboundary, boundary line, borders, border, edges
- space constraintscramped, restricted, tight space, cramped quarters, limit
- magnitudemagnitude, size, extent, scope, scale
confinesopen space
Unobstructed outdoor area
expanse · vastness · open · openness · boundlessness
- solitary confinementIsolated imprisonment in cell
- home confinementForced domestic detention
- confined spaceRestricted enclosed area
- magnetic confinementRestraining plasma via fields
- inertial confinementTrapping via rapid compression
- confined aquiferGroundwater layer between impermeable strata