The state of being detained by legal authority

• ward

  1. A person under the protection or care of another.
  2. A room or division of a hospital set apart for a specific class or group of patients
  3. A child or legally incompetent person placed under the care of a guardian or court

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  1. A person under the protection or care of another.
  2. A room or division of a hospital set apart for a specific class or group of patients
  3. A child or legally incompetent person placed under the care of a guardian or court

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• detention

  1. A holding of a person in custody or confinement by authorities for political or military reasons.
  2. A form of punishment by which a student is made to stay after regular school hours.
  3. (Countable) A temporary state of custody or confinement, especially of a prisoner awaiting trial, or of a student being punished.

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  1. A holding of a person in custody or confinement by authorities for political or military reasons.
  2. A form of punishment by which a student is made to stay after regular school hours.
  3. (Countable) A temporary state of custody or confinement, especially of a prisoner awaiting trial, or of a student being punished.

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• custody

  1. The state of being detained or held under guard, especially by the police:
  2. A guarding or keeping safe; care; protection; guardianship
  3. The control and care of a person or property, especially when granted by a court:

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  1. The state of being detained or held under guard, especially by the police:
  2. A guarding or keeping safe; care; protection; guardianship
  3. The control and care of a person or property, especially when granted by a court:

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• charge

  1. Expense; cost:
  2. The command to attack:
  3. A claim of wrongdoing; an accusation:

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  1. Expense; cost:
  2. The command to attack:
  3. A claim of wrongdoing; an accusation:

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The act of limiting or condition of being limited

• restriction

  1. A restricting or being restricted
  2. Something that restricts; a regulation or limitation:
  3. The action of restricting or the state of being restricted:

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  1. A restricting or being restricted
  2. Something that restricts; a regulation or limitation:
  3. The action of restricting or the state of being restricted:

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• restraint

  1. The condition of being restrained, especially the condition of losing one's freedom:
  2. A restraining influence or action
  3. Control of the expression of one's feelings; constraint:

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  1. The condition of being restrained, especially the condition of losing one's freedom:
  2. A restraining influence or action
  3. Control of the expression of one's feelings; constraint:

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• limitation

  1. (Law) A period established by statute during which a lawsuit or criminal prosecution must be initiated.
  2. The act of limiting or the state of being limited:
  3. A limiting rule or condition; a restriction:

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  1. (Law) A period established by statute during which a lawsuit or criminal prosecution must be initiated.
  2. The act of limiting or the state of being limited:
  3. A limiting rule or condition; a restriction:

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• constraint

  1. One that restricts, limits, or regulates; a check:
  2. The threat or use of force to prevent, restrict, or dictate the action or thought of others.
  3. Confinement or restriction

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  1. One that restricts, limits, or regulates; a check:
  2. The threat or use of force to prevent, restrict, or dictate the action or thought of others.
  3. Confinement or restriction

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• circumscription

  1. A circumscribed space or area
  2. A surrounding substance
  3. A limitation or restriction

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  1. A circumscribed space or area
  2. A surrounding substance
  3. A limitation or restriction

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The state of being confined

• immuration

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• incarceration

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• imprisonment

  1. A confinement in a place, especially a prison.

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  1. A confinement in a place, especially a prison.

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• detention

  1. (Countable) A temporary state of custody or confinement, especially of a prisoner awaiting trial, or of a student being punished.
  2. A holding of a person in custody or confinement by authorities for political or military reasons.
  3. A form of punishment by which a student is made to stay after regular school hours.

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  1. (Countable) A temporary state of custody or confinement, especially of a prisoner awaiting trial, or of a student being punished.
  2. A holding of a person in custody or confinement by authorities for political or military reasons.
  3. A form of punishment by which a student is made to stay after regular school hours.

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• bonds

  1. Imprisonment, captivity
  2. The condition of goods in a bonded warehouse until duty is paid
  3. Plural form of bond

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  1. Imprisonment, captivity
  2. The condition of goods in a bonded warehouse until duty is paid
  3. Plural form of bond

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• closeness

  1. (Mathematics) The shortest path between two vertices in a graph
  2. The state of being mean or stingy
  3. The state of being friends

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  1. (Mathematics) The shortest path between two vertices in a graph
  2. The state of being mean or stingy
  3. The state of being friends

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• check

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• trammels

  1. Plural form of trammel

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  1. Plural form of trammel

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• bounds

  1. Plural form of bound.

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  1. Plural form of bound.

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• bounding

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• curb

  1. A chain or strap passed around a horse's lower jaw and attached to the bit: the curb checks the horse by causing it to lower its head when the reins are pulled
  2. A raised margin along an edge used to confine or strengthen.
  3. A type of bit having such a chain or strap

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  1. A chain or strap passed around a horse's lower jaw and attached to the bit: the curb checks the horse by causing it to lower its head when the reins are pulled
  2. A raised margin along an edge used to confine or strengthen.
  3. A type of bit having such a chain or strap

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• quarantine

  1. A condition, period of time, or place in which a person, animal, plant, vehicle, or amount of material suspected of carrying an infectious agent is kept in confinement or isolated in an effort to prevent disease from spreading.
  2. A place where persons, animals, or plants having contagious diseases, etc. are kept in isolation, or beyond which they may not travel
  3. (Computers) The isolation of data or data transmissions in order to keep viruses, worms, or other malware from infecting a computer or computer network.

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  1. A condition, period of time, or place in which a person, animal, plant, vehicle, or amount of material suspected of carrying an infectious agent is kept in confinement or isolated in an effort to prevent disease from spreading.
  2. A place where persons, animals, or plants having contagious diseases, etc. are kept in isolation, or beyond which they may not travel
  3. (Computers) The isolation of data or data transmissions in order to keep viruses, worms, or other malware from infecting a computer or computer network.

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• custody

  1. The state of being detained or held under guard, especially by the police:
  2. A guarding or keeping safe; care; protection; guardianship
  3. The control and care of a person or property, especially when granted by a court:

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  1. The state of being detained or held under guard, especially by the police:
  2. A guarding or keeping safe; care; protection; guardianship
  3. The control and care of a person or property, especially when granted by a court:

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• safekeeping

  1. The act of keeping something safe; protection from harm, damage, loss, or theft
  2. The act of keeping safe or the state of being kept safe; protection.
  3. (US) not returning checks; a system wherein banks keep checks (cheques) that people write, rather than returning them to the account holder with their monthly statement.

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  1. The act of keeping something safe; protection from harm, damage, loss, or theft
  2. The act of keeping safe or the state of being kept safe; protection.
  3. (US) not returning checks; a system wherein banks keep checks (cheques) that people write, rather than returning them to the account holder with their monthly statement.

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• keeping

  1. Maintenance; support; provision; feed.
  2. The act of holding, guarding, maintaining, or supporting:
  3. Reservation for future use; preservation

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  1. Maintenance; support; provision; feed.
  2. The act of holding, guarding, maintaining, or supporting:
  3. Reservation for future use; preservation

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• coercion

  1. Government by force
  2. The act or practice of coercing.
  3. The act or power of coercing

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  1. Government by force
  2. The act or practice of coercing.
  3. The act or power of coercing

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• control

  1. The act or fact of controlling; power to direct or regulate; ability to use effectively
  2. A means of controlling; check
  3. Authority or ability to manage or direct:

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  1. The act or fact of controlling; power to direct or regulate; ability to use effectively
  2. A means of controlling; check
  3. Authority or ability to manage or direct:

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• repression

  1. The act of repressing or the state of being repressed.
  2. Something repressed in this way
  3. The involuntary rejection from consciousness of painful or disagreeable ideas, memories, feelings, or impulses.

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  1. The act of repressing or the state of being repressed.
  2. Something repressed in this way
  3. The involuntary rejection from consciousness of painful or disagreeable ideas, memories, feelings, or impulses.

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• constraint

  1. (Mathematics) A condition that a solution to an optimization problem must satisfy.
  2. One that restricts, limits, or regulates; a check:
  3. The threat or use of force to prevent, restrict, or dictate the action or thought of others.

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  1. (Mathematics) A condition that a solution to an optimization problem must satisfy.
  2. One that restricts, limits, or regulates; a check:
  3. The threat or use of force to prevent, restrict, or dictate the action or thought of others.

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• circumscription

  1. A limitation or restriction
  2. An inscription, as around a coin or medal
  3. A circumscribed space or area

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  1. A limitation or restriction
  2. An inscription, as around a coin or medal
  3. A circumscribed space or area

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• limitation

  1. The act of limiting or the state of being limited:
  2. (Law) A period of time, fixed by statute, during which legal action can be brought, as for settling a claim
  3. Something that limits, as some factor in makeup which restricts the scope of a person's activity or accomplishment; qualification

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  1. The act of limiting or the state of being limited:
  2. (Law) A period of time, fixed by statute, during which legal action can be brought, as for settling a claim
  3. Something that limits, as some factor in makeup which restricts the scope of a person's activity or accomplishment; qualification

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• restriction

  1. A restricting or being restricted
  2. The action of restricting or the state of being restricted:
  3. Something that restricts; a regulation or limitation:

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  1. A restricting or being restricted
  2. The action of restricting or the state of being restricted:
  3. Something that restricts; a regulation or limitation:

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The period that accompanies childbirth

• one's time

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• labor

  1. (Med.) The process or period of childbirth; parturition; esp., the muscular contractions of giving birth
  2. A particular form of work or method of working:
  3. Labor unions collectively

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  1. (Med.) The process or period of childbirth; parturition; esp., the muscular contractions of giving birth
  2. A particular form of work or method of working:
  3. Labor unions collectively

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• travail

  1. Hardship; trouble
  2. Work, especially when arduous or involving painful effort; toil.
  3. The labor of childbirth.

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  1. Hardship; trouble
  2. Work, especially when arduous or involving painful effort; toil.
  3. The labor of childbirth.

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• childbirth

  1. The act of giving birth to a child

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  1. The act of giving birth to a child

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• parturition

  1. The act of bringing forth young; childbirth
  2. The act or process of giving birth to one or more offspring.
  3. The act or process of giving birth; childbirth.

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  1. The act of bringing forth young; childbirth
  2. The act or process of giving birth to one or more offspring.
  3. The act or process of giving birth; childbirth.

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• delivery

  1. The act or manner of giving a speech, striking a blow, throwing a ball, etc.
  2. A giving birth; childbirth
  3. The act or manner of speaking or singing:

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  1. The act or manner of giving a speech, striking a blow, throwing a ball, etc.
  2. A giving birth; childbirth
  3. The act or manner of speaking or singing:

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• childbed

  1. (Countable) The bed in which a baby is born
  2. (Uncountable) The final stage of pregnancy; confinement
  3. The condition of a woman in the process of giving birth.

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  1. (Countable) The bed in which a baby is born
  2. (Uncountable) The final stage of pregnancy; confinement
  3. The condition of a woman in the process of giving birth.

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• accouchement

  1. A confinement during childbirth; a lying-in.
  2. Delivery in childbed; parturition
  3. Confinement for giving birth to a child; childbirth

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  1. A confinement during childbirth; a lying-in.
  2. Delivery in childbed; parturition
  3. Confinement for giving birth to a child; childbirth

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• lying-in

  1. The final stages of pregnancy; accouchement.
  2. The time needed for this, often including time before labor begins and after delivery
  3. The situation (often, traditionally, involving confinement to bed) of a woman during the process of giving birth

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  1. The final stages of pregnancy; accouchement.
  2. The time needed for this, often including time before labor begins and after delivery
  3. The situation (often, traditionally, involving confinement to bed) of a woman during the process of giving birth

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