confinement

Universal Words noun 1 [U] the state of being forced to stay in a closed space, prison, etc., the act of putting sb there: her confinement to a wheelchair * years of confinement as a political prisoner seealsoSOLITARYCONFINEMENT 2 [U,C] (formal or old-fashioned) the time when a woman gives birth to a baby: the expected date of confinement * a hospital / home confinement