Word | Noun | Adjective | Verb | Adverb |
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confinement | Yes | No | No | No |
committal | Yes | No | No | No |
confinement (noun) | committal (noun) |
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the act of restraining of a person's liberty by confining them | the official act of consigning a person to confinement (as in a prison or mental hospital) |
the act of keeping something within specified bounds (by force if necessary) | the act of committing a crime |
the state of being confined | |
concluding state of pregnancy; from the onset of contractions to the birth of a child |