Definition of "confinement" []

• The act of confining or the state of being confined. (noun)
• Lying-in. (noun)

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• "By doing so, DDWS has been able to save people even before they were subjected to long term confinement and forced labor."
• "One of the major reasons for its confinement is the challenge of teaching how to live -- or, as my experience in CPE would suggest, supporting and challenging people as they learn it themselves."
• "Why don't we do something about the big white-person threat by rounding up white people who seem suspicious and keeping them in confinement?"