Thesaurus / confinement
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Sent back to live with her mother and stepdad in their creepy rural manse, Kylie is fed up with her forced confinement from day one.
ONE GOOD THING: HOUSEBOUND IS THE PERFECT HORROR COMEDY FOR THE PERPETUALLY QUARANTINEDAJA ROMANODECEMBER 31, 2020VOXLike a heavily watered-down version of a Buddhist monk taking solitary retreat in a cave, my extended submarine confinements opened something up in my psyche and I gave myself permission to let go of my anxieties.
HOW A NUCLEAR SUBMARINE OFFICER LEARNED TO LIVE IN TIGHT QUARTERS - ISSUE 94: EVOLVINGSTEVE WEINERDECEMBER 30, 2020NAUTILUSKevin sounded panicked when he called the professor supervising his case to report that he was being punished with 30 days in solitary confinement.
TO STAY OR TO GO?HANNAH DREIERDECEMBER 26, 2020WASHINGTON POSTThe activists chose this voluntary confinement after being constantly detained by the police while requesting the release of Denis Solís, a rapper who was sentenced to 8 months in prison for the crime of contempt.
A HUNGER STRIKE IN SAN ISIDRO, THE PROTEST THAT DOES NOT LET HAVANA SLEEPMAYKEL GONZÁLEZ VIVERONOVEMBER 30, 2020WASHINGTON BLADEBloomberg also reported in July that the US Federal Bureau of Prisons, alone, had put approximately 4,600 people on home confinement since the end of March, which was a 160% increase from pre-covid numbers.
COVID-19 HAS LED TO A WORRISOME UPTICK IN THE USE OF ELECTRONIC ANKLE MONITORSAMY NORDRUMOCTOBER 8, 2020MIT TECHNOLOGY REVIEWHe recorded levels before, during and after their confinement.
PUBERTY MAY REBOOT THE BRAIN AND BEHAVIORSESTHER LANDHUISAUGUST 27, 2020SCIENCE NEWS FOR STUDENTSBut it was not necessary for him to enquire how strict, or how apparently long, was to be his confinement.
THE PASTOR'S FIRE-SIDE VOL. 3 OF 4JANE PORTERThe doctor who had attended his wife during her confinement was indisposed, and was represented only by an affidavit.
THE HOMESTEADEROSCAR MICHEAUXThe three prisoners in question, as well as 11 Franciscan friars, were consequently placed in close confinement.
THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDSJOHN FOREMANLady Arabella Seymour escaped from confinement in the tower of London by stratagem.
THE EVERY DAY BOOK OF HISTORY AND CHRONOLOGYJOEL MUNSELLWORDS RELATED TO CONFINEMENT
- affliction
- ailing
- ailment
- confinement
- debilitation
- debility
- decay
- decrepitude
- defect
- deficiency
- delicacy
- delicateness
- disease
- diseasedness
- disorder
- failing
- fault
- feebleness
- flimsiness
- flu
- fragileness
- fragility
- frailness
- frailty
- ill health
- imperfection
- indisposition
- malady
- malaise
- puniness
- shortcoming
- sickliness
- unhealth
- unhealthiness
- unsoundness
- unsubstantiality
- unwellness
- vulnerability
- weakliness
- weakness
- absolute
- bitter end
- border
- bottom line
- bound
- bourne
- breaking point
- brim
- brink
- cap
- ceiling
- check
- circumscription
- conclusion
- confinement
- confines
- curb
- cutoff point
- deadline
- destination
- edge
- end
- end point
- extremity
- farthest point
- farthest reach
- fence
- finality
- goal
- limitation
- margin
- maximum
- obstruction
- restraint
- restriction
- rim
- termination
- the max
- the most
- tops
- ultimate
- utmost
- verge
- adversity
- affliction
- albatross
- burden
- choke
- clout
- coercion
- compulsion
- confinement
- constraint
- crunch
- discipline
- distress
- drag
- duress
- exigency
- force
- full court press
- hardship
- hassle
- heat
- hurry
- influence
- inside track
- load
- misfortune
- necessity
- obligation
- persuasion
- power
- press
- pressure cooker
- pull
- requirement
- strain
- stress
- sway
- tension
- trouble
- unnaturalness
- urgency
- weight
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