Bible Dictionaries
Confinement

Webster's Dictionary

(1):

(n.) Restraint within doors by sickness, esp. that caused by childbirth; lying-in.

(2):

(n.) Restraint within limits; imprisonment; any restraint of liberty; seclusion.

Bibliography Information
Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Confinement'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​web/​c/confinement.html. 1828.