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confinement

/kənˈfaɪnmənt/ sustantivo C1

En español: confinamiento

  1. The act of confining or the state of being confined. (countable, uncountable)
  2. Lying-in, time of giving birth. (countable, dated, uncountable)
  3. lockdown (countable, uncountable)

Plural confinements

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De la biblioteca

To be kept in strict solitary confinement, and to be closely watched and guarded.
The Count of Monte Cristo, p. 324 · C1
This note was in a different hand from the rest, which showed that it had been added since his confinement.
The Count of Monte Cristo, p. 138 · C1
“A rich Englishman,” continued the abbé, “who had been his companion in misfortune, but had been released from prison during the second restoration, was possessed of a diamond of immense value; this jewel he bestowed on Dantès upon himself quitting the prison, as a mark of his gratitude for the kindness and brotherly care with which Dantès had nursed him in a severe illness he underwent during his confinement.
The Count of Monte Cristo, p. 287 · C1
or solitary confinement.
The Count of Monte Cristo, p. 1036 · C1

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