Confinement
Origin
From French confinement
Full definition of confinement
Noun
confinement
(countable and uncountable; plural confinements)- the act of confining or the state of being confined
- lying-in, time of giving birth
- 1913, DH Lawrence, ,At the wakes time Morel was working badly, and Mrs. Morel was trying to save against her confinement.