reconfining

Locking up again

To reconfine is to confine again—to return someone or something to a state of restriction or enclosure after a period of freedom or release.

A parolee who violates terms may be reconfined to prison.

The outbreak was contained, but new cases led to reconfining the affected population.

physical

imprisonment

Legal detention in jail

incarcerationConfinement in jail
detentionTemporary official holding
captivityState of being confined

lockup · internment · caging · enclosure · cell · restraint · shackling · holding · remanding · recommitment

quarantine

isolation

Complete separation from others

lockdownEnforced restriction on movement
self-isolationVoluntary separation from others
containmentPreventing hostile expansion

sequestration · outbreak · pandemic · infection · contagion · incubation · symptomatic · contact-tracing · sanitization · exposure

psychological

restriction

Limit on action

limitationBound on extent
suppressionForcible prevention or concealment
repressionUnconscious blocking of thoughts

constraint · inhibition · narrowing · withdrawal · retreat · regression · relapse · setback · recurrence

spatial

enclosure

Confined, bordered space

boundaryLine marking a limit
perimeterShape's outer edge length
fencingCombat with blunted blades

barrier · wall · partition · barricade · pen · corral · encasement · sealing · cordoning · sectioning

Opposites

freedom/restriction

reconfiningreleasing

Allowing to escape

freeing · liberating · emancipating · setting free · letting go

containment/release

reconfiningreleasing

Allowing to escape

letting out · unleashing · uncaging · opening up · dispersing

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