confinamento — meaning in English
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English meaning
- confinement noun The state of being kept within a limited space, often against one's will.
- lockdown noun A period in which people are required to stay in a confined place or area, usually for safety during an emergency.
Senses
confinamento is used for these senses in English:
- confinement The act of confining or the state of being confined.
- lockdown The confinement of people in their own rooms (e.g., in a school) or cells (in a prison), or to their own homes or areas (e.g., in the case of a city- or nation-wide issue) as a security measure after or amid a disturbance or as a non-pharmaceutical intervention in a pandemic.