confinement

noun

1. 1

   the act of restraining of a person's liberty by confining them

2. 2

   the act of keeping something within specified bounds (by force if necessary)

   the restriction of the infection to a focal area

3. 3

   the state of being confined

   he was held in confinement

4. 4

   concluding state of pregnancy; from the onset of contractions to the birth of a child

   she was in labor for six hours