| accouchement |
childbirth, or a period of confinement for childbirth. |
| captive |
held in confinement or restraint. [1/6 definitions] |
| commit |
to put into confinement, as in a mental hospital. [1/6 definitions] |
| commitment |
confinement, as in a mental hospital. [1/4 definitions] |
| constraint |
a state of confinement or restraint. [1/4 definitions] |
| detain |
to hold in confinement. [1/2 definitions] |
| durance |
involuntary and usu. extended confinement, as in a prison. |
| emancipation |
the act of freeing from some constraint or confinement. [1/2 definitions] |
| escape |
to free oneself from physical confinement. [2/11 definitions] |
| false imprisonment |
any illegal detention or confinement, usu. the result of false arrest. |
| fly the coop |
(informal) to escape from or as if from confinement. |
| house arrest |
legal confinement of a person under arrest in his or her home, a hospital, or a public building rather than in jail or prison. |
| house of correction |
an institution for the confinement and reformation of those convicted of minor offenses who are not regarded as confirmed criminals. |
| impacted |
of a tooth, unable to break through the skin because of confinement by bone. [1/2 definitions] |
| imprison |
to put or keep in a prison or other place of confinement. [1/2 definitions] |
| in irons |
undergoing confinement or restraint, as for punishment; in shackles or fetters. |
| institution |
a prison, mental hospital, or other place of confinement. [1/5 definitions] |
| internment |
confinement in a prison or prison camp, esp. during wartime. |
| lockdown |
the confinement of prisoners to their cells as a temporary security measure. [1/3 definitions] |
| lying-in |
the state of being confined for childbirth; confinement. [1/2 definitions] |
| poundage2 |
the confinement or housing of animals in a pound. [1/2 definitions] |