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
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