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What is the noun for confining?

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confines
  1. The borders or limits of an area.
  2. Elements that restrain someone.
  3. The scope or range of a subject.
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  5. Examples:
    1. “It is almost always observable at the confines of the valley that the wind blows from the mountains during the evening.”
      “At an early hour, the bellman goes round the borough commanding all those who hold land or dwellings within the confines of the town to appear at the Hockney.”
      “He must work within the confines of his authority and power. In doing this, the leader will be executing his responsibility.”
confinement
  1. the act of confining or the state of being confined
  2. lying-in, time of giving birth
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  4. Examples:
    1. “When a person has been duly convicted of a crime carrying a jail term, confinement is automatically authorized.”
      “Electric fences may be useful in areas where confinement of the sheep during grazing for protection from predators is necessary.”
      “I was still wrestling with this period of solitary confinement.”
confiner
  1. One who, or that which, limits or restrains.
  2. A person who lives on or within the confines; an inhabitant.
confinee
confinedness
  1. The state or condition of being confined; lack of space.
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  3. Examples:
    1. “The confinedness of the prison cell was oppressive and suffocating.”
confination
  1. (rare, nonstandard) The quality of being confined.
confine
  1. Limit.
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  3. Examples:
    1. “The study identifies it as a feature of the political elite who operate within the confine of constitutional and institutional constraints.”
confinements
  1. plural of confinement
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  3. Examples:
    1. “She and her legal partners are expected to protest solitary confinements in a press conference today.”
      “Anglers can shake off the confinements of winter and enjoy the intoxicating sense of spring arriving.”
      “He did it because he found a way to get out of the statutory confinements that were created by the Government of Canada.”
confiners
  1. plural of confiner
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