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Definition of 'confine' Verb
- restrict or confine, "I limit you to two visits to the pub a day"
Synonyms: limit circumscribe - place limits on (extent or access); "restrict the use of this parking lot"; "limit the time you can spend with your friends"
Synonyms: restrict restrain trammel limit bound throttle - prevent from leaving or from being removed
- close in or confine
Synonyms: enclose hold in - deprive of freedom; take into confinement
Synonyms: detain
Antonyms: free liberate release unloose unloosen loose - to close within bounds, limit or hold back from movement; "This holds the local until the express passengers change trains"; "About a dozen animals were held inside the stockade"; "The illegal immigrants were held at a detention center"; "The terrorists held the journalists for ransom"
Synonyms: restrain hold
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