confinement

noun

con·fine·ment | \kən-ˈfīn-mənt

Definition of confinement

: an act of confining : the state of being confined solitary confinement especially : lying-in

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Examples of confinement in a Sentence

The dog was kept in confinement until it was determined to be healthy. He remained with his wife during her confinement.

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He was sentenced to five years of probation, including eight months in a community confinement center. — Gray Rohrer, OrlandoSentinel.com, "Ahead of Florida GOP summit speaking slot, Dinesh D’Souza gets Trump pardon," 31 May 2018 Reject challenges to capital punishment and solitary confinement. — Dylan Matthews, Vox, "America under Brett Kavanaugh," 11 July 2018 High-fence hunting is controversial even among hunters; many question the ethics of paying to shoot animals unable to escape confinement. — Ryan Sabalow, sacbee, "Wild pigs cause millions in damages in California. But hunting them could become easier," 25 June 2018 Not all the poems dwell on the bleakness of their journeys north and confinement since. — CBS News, "Some young immigrants at detention center cope through poetry," 22 June 2018 Seven Hills School teacher Bryce Carlson Carlson believes rowing solo and unassisted across the North Atlantic will in some ways be like solitary confinement. — Jeanne Houck, Cincinnati.com, "Local teacher could be first American to row across the North Atlantic solo," 14 June 2018 Judas broods and boozes, Pilate tends to a fern, and in general their infinite term of confinement to darkness pretty much wiles itself away. — Max Maller, Chicago Reader, "The Book of Maggie follows an epic quest to preserve Armageddon," 24 May 2018 Some have been subjected to torture and solitary confinement for extended periods of times, according to multiple reports by rights groups, including Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch. — Sarah El Sirgany, CNN, "Famous Egyptian blogger arrested in widening crackdown on dissent," 23 May 2018 And yet today, Moore, now 60, remains on death row, facing solitary confinement for more than 23 hours a day. — Angela Helm, The Root, "Why Is Bobby Moore Still on Death Row, Despite a Recent Supreme Court Decision in His Favor?," 19 May 2018

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