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Synonyms for Confinement
kənˈfaɪn məntcon·fine·ment
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Princeton's WordNet
parturiency, labor, labour, confinement, lying-in, travail, childbednoun
concluding state of pregnancy; from the onset of contractions to the birth of a child
"she was in labor for six hours"
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trade union movement, elbow grease, task, proletariat, travail, childbed, labour, effort, project, labor movement, sweat, working class, toil, parturiency, labor, restriction, lying-in, confinement, exertion, undertakingconfinementnoun
the act of restraining of a person's liberty by confining them
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labor, parturiency, lying-in, restriction, travail, labour, childbedconfinementnoun
the state of being confined
"he was held in confinement"
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labor, parturiency, lying-in, restriction, travail, labour, childbedrestriction, confinementnoun
the act of keeping something within specified bounds (by force if necessary)
"the restriction of the infection to a focal area"
Synonyms:
labour, confinement, parturiency, limitation, childbed, restriction, travail, lying-in, labor
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Dictionary of English Synonymes
confinementnoun
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restraintconfinementnoun
Synonyms:
imprisonment, incarceration, captivity, duress, durance
Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words
confinementnoun
Synonyms:
restraint, imprisonment, durance, duress, incarceration, immurement, limbo, limitation, circumscription, lying-in, childbirth
PPDB, the paraphrase database
List of paraphrases for "confinement":
containment, isolation, childbirth, internment, detention, confining, imprisonment, lockdown, incommunicado, reclusion, insulation, incarceration, birth, placement, custody, delivery, hospitalization, seclusion
Words popularity by usage frequency
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#288 | project | |
#673 | delivery | |
#1992 | effort | |
#2035 | task | |
#2137 | labor | |
#2223 | birth | |
#3526 | labour | |
#4526 | placement | |
#6994 | limitation | |
#7664 | custody | |
#7800 | restriction | |
#8045 | isolation | |
#9977 | insulation | |
#10067 | detention | |
#10703 | sweat | |
#11236 | undertaking | |
#13920 | imprisonment | |
#16250 | containment | |
#18461 | childbirth | |
#19967 | confinement | |
#23277 | hospitalization | |
#28482 | incarceration | |
#29951 | travail | |
#31610 | lockdown | |
#35150 | toil | |
#38020 | exertion | |
#43160 | seclusion | |
#44228 | proletariat | |
#45055 | internment | |
#51173 | confining | |
#80002 | incommunicado | |
#249008 | reclusion |
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I think the cost of solitary confinement is now being critically examined and rethought, and prison systems are beginning to ask themselves whether this is worth it, and whether or not it does not create more harm than good, courts are pushing them to consider the inhumanity of the practice, as well.
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We expect viewing to decline and membership growth to decelerate as home confinement ends.
High Commissioner Zeid Ra'ad Al-Hussein:
Taheri's multiple convictions on a variety of vague charges, his alleged detention in solitary confinement and now his sentencing to death bring into stark focus serious issues with the administration of justice and the terribly worrying use of the death penalty in Iran, for an individual to be sentenced to death for peaceful exercise of freedom of expression, religion or belief is an absolute outrage -- and a clear violation of international human rights law.
I hope that President Obama's pledge to reform the criminal justice system regarding the practice of prolonged or indefinite solitary confinement is implemented without delay.
This is the last bastion of cage confinement in industrial ag.
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