the act of confining.

the state of being confined.

the lying-in of a woman in childbed; accouchement; childbirth.

Military . incarceration in a guardhouse or prison while awaiting trial or as a punishment ( distinguished from arrest ).

noun

freedom , liberation

noun

bonds , bounding , bounds , check , circumscription , coercion , constrainment , constraint , control , cramp , curb , custody , delimitation , detention , immuration , incarceration , internment , jail , keeping , limitation , repression , safekeeping , trammels , charge , ward , restraint , accouchement , captivity , childbirth , durance , duress , immurement , imprisonment , isolation , limbo , lying-in , parturition