confinement

Meanings

• concluding state of pregnancy; from the onset of contractions to the birth of a child
• the act of restraining of a person's liberty by confining them
• the state of being confined
  • "he was held in confinement"
• the act of keeping something within specified bounds (by force if necessary)

Synonyms

childbed, labor, labour, lying-in, parturiency, restriction, travail