confinement

English

Etymology

confine +‎ -ment

Noun

confinement (countable and uncountable; plural confinements)

1. the act of confining or the state of being confined
2. lying-in
   • 1913, DH Lawrence, Sons and Lovers, chapter 1

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

Translations

state of being confined

• Bulgarian: ограничение (bg) (ograničenie) n
• Czech: zajetí (cs) n

• Russian: заключение (ru) (zaključenije) n, заточение (ru) (zatočenije) n, ограничение (ru) (ograničenije) n

lying-in

• Russian: роды (ru) (ródy) pl