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Synonyms
con·fine (kən-fīń)

[French confiner, from Old French, from confins, boundaries, ultimately from Latin cōnfīne, from neuter of cōnfīnis, adjoining, com-, com-, + fīnis, border.]

verb: -fined, -fin·ing, -fines. 

transitive verb 

  1. To keep within bounds; restrict: Please confine your remarks to the issues at hand. See synonyms at limit
  2. To shut or keep in, especially to imprison.
  3. To restrict in movement: The sick child was confined to bed.

intransitive verb 

Archaic
To border.

noun 

    1. The limits of a space or area; the borders: within the confines of one county.
    2. Restraining elements: wanted to escape the confines of corporate politics.
    3. Purview; scope: a theory that is well within the confines of science.
    1. Archaic A restriction.
    2. Obsolete A prison.

derivatives

con·fińa·ble
adjective
con·fińer
noun