Synonyms for confinement

noun

1. The state of being confined

   restriction, limitation, circumscription, constraint, repression, control, coercion, keeping, safekeeping, custody, quarantine, curb, bounding, bounds, trammels, check, closeness, bonds, detention, imprisonment, incarceration, immuration; see also captivity, chains, imprisonment 1, jail, restraint 2.

   Antonyms freedom*, release, independence.

2. The period that accompanies childbirth

   lying-in, accouchement, childbed, delivery, parturition, childbirth, travail, labor, one's time*; see also childbirth, delivery 2.