confinement
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
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- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
concluding state of pregnancy; from the onset of contractions to the birth of a child
she was in labor for six hours
Types & categories
- parturition hypernym
- premature labor hyponym
Parts & wholes
- maternity part holonym
- uterine contraction part meronym
- effacement part meronym
- obliquity part meronym
Related & opposite
- labor derivation
- parturient derivation
- parturient derivation
Sense 2 noun
the act of restraining of a person's liberty by confining them
Types & categories
- restraint hypernym
- internment hyponym
- house arrest hyponym
- committal hyponym
Related & opposite
- detain derivation
Sense 3 noun
the state of being confined
he was held in confinement
Types & categories
- subjection hypernym
- constraint hyponym
- captivity hyponym
- custody hyponym
- solitary hyponym
Related & opposite
- hold in derivation
Sense 4 noun
the act of keeping something within specified bounds (by force if necessary)
the restriction of the infection to a focal area
Types & categories
- restraint hypernym
- classification hyponym
- stipulation hyponym
- circumscription hyponym
- constraint hyponym
Related & opposite
- throttle derivation
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | labor |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | parturient |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | parturient |
| 1 | part holonym | Parts & wholes | maternity |
| 1 | part meronym | Parts & wholes | uterine contraction |
| 1 | part meronym | Parts & wholes | effacement |
| 1 | part meronym | Parts & wholes | obliquity |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | parturition |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | premature labor |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | detain |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | restraint |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | internment |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | house arrest |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | committal |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | hold in |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | subjection |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | constraint |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | captivity |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | custody |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | solitary |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | throttle |
| 4 | hypernym | Types & categories | restraint |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | classification |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | stipulation |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | circumscription |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | constraint |