Antonyms for confinement

Grammar : Noun

Spell : kuh n-fahyn-muh nt

Phonetic Transcription : kənˈfaɪn mənt

Definition of confinement

Origin : 1590s, from French confinement (16c.; the Old French word was confinacion), from confiner (see confine). As a euphemism for "childbed" it dates from 1774 (the Middle English expression was Our Lady's bands).

noun imprisonment; restriction

Example sentences :

There was, in every room, an aged smell, grown faint with confinement.
Extract from : « To be Read at Dusk » by Charles Dickens

It is impossible to say when I shall be able to come to you; my confinement must be great.
Extract from : « Lady Susan » by Jane Austen

All this I heard in my prison, and it served to reconcile me to the confinement.
Extract from : « Ned Myers » by James Fenimore Cooper

We were well treated, however, suffering no other confinement than that of the ship.
Extract from : « Ned Myers » by James Fenimore Cooper

The next day, at noon, Calderon visited Fonseca in his place of confinement.
Extract from : « Calderon The Courtier » by Edward Bulwer-Lytton

This nearly led to her removal and confinement in a hospital at Tarbes.
Extract from : « The Three Cities Trilogy, Complete » by Emile Zola

After six weeks' confinement, I am beginning to walk across the room.
Extract from : « The Letters of Robert Burns » by Robert Burns

But it is impossible that my old friend shall remain in confinement.
Extract from : « The Inn at the Red Oak » by Latta Griswold

The Marquis, released from his confinement, was awaiting him.
Extract from : « The Inn at the Red Oak » by Latta Griswold

The Viceroy, constrained to enlarge him, allotted the town for his place of confinement.
Extract from : « The History of Louisiana » by Le Page Du Pratz

Synonyms for confinement

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