1. (

• parturiency ,
• labor ,
• labour ,
• confinement ,
• lying-in ,
• travail ,
• childbed

) concluding state of pregnancy; from the onset of contractions to the birth of a child; "she was in labor for six hours" ;

2. (

• confinement

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

3. (

• confinement

) the state of being confined; "he was held in confinement" ;

4. (

• restriction ,
• confinement ,

) the act of keeping something within specified bounds (by force if necessary); "the restriction of the infection to a focal area" ;