<p><strong>Noun</strong></p><ul><li>the act of confining.</li><li>the state of being confined.</li><li>confined.</li><li>the lying-in of a woman in childbed; accouchement; childbirth.</li><li>Military: incarceration in a guardhouse or prison while awaiting trial or as a punishment (arrest).</li></ul><p><strong>End of Response</strong></p>