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confinement

Substantivin Dialogen belegt

  • //kənˈfaɪnmənt//

The act of confining or the state of being confined.

Substantiv

  1. 1

    The act of confining or the state of being confined.

    “A Navy Sailor has been placed in pretrial confinement in connection with the death of Seaman Resendiz. Charges under the Uniform Code of Military Justice are pending,” NCIS told CNN in a statement Thursday.

  2. 2

    veraltendLying-in, time of giving birth.

    In confinement ladies are attended, not by the ordinary doctors, but by women especially devoted to the calling, who regard their profession as honorable and humanitary.

    At the wakes time Morel was working badly, and Mrs. Morel was trying to save against her confinement.

  3. 3

    lockdown

Herkunft

Borrowed from French confinement. By surface analysis, confine + -ment.

Formen

Plural
confinements
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