Word | Noun | Adjective | Verb | Adverb |
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effacement | Yes | No | No | No |
confinement | Yes | No | No | No |
effacement (noun) | confinement (noun) |
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withdrawing into the background; making yourself inconspicuous | the act of restraining of a person's liberty by confining them |
shortening of the uterine cervix and thinning of its walls as it is dilated during labor | the act of keeping something within specified bounds (by force if necessary) |
the state of being confined | |
concluding state of pregnancy; from the onset of contractions to the birth of a child |