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Captive :: Captive (a.) Of or pertaining to bondage or confinement; serving to confine; as, captive chains; captive hours..

Release :: Release (n.) To let loose again; to set free from restraint, confinement, or servitude; to give liberty to, or to set at liberty; to let go..

Detention :: Detention (n.) Confinement; restraint; custody.

Captive :: Captive (a.) Made prisoner, especially in war; held in bondage or in confinement..

Bedlam :: Bedlam (n.) A place appropriated to the confinement and care of the insane; a madhouse.

Upsitting :: Upsitting (n.) A sitting up of a woman after her confinement, to receive and entertain her friends..

Latitude :: Latitude (n.) Room; space; freedom from confinement or restraint; hence, looseness; laxity; independence..

Prison :: Prison (n.) Specifically, a building for the safe custody or confinement of criminals and others committed by lawful authority..

Gush :: Gush (v. i.) To issue with violence and rapidity, as a fluid; to rush forth as a fluid from confinement; to flow copiously..

Ward :: Ward (n.) The state of being under guard or guardianship; confinement under guard; the condition of a child under a guardian; custody.

Hold :: Hold (n.) A place of confinement; a prison; confinement; custody; guard.

Lying-in :: Lying-in (n.) The state attending, and consequent to, childbirth; confinement..

Clausure :: Clausure (n.) The act of shutting up or confining; confinement.

Gaol :: Gaol (n.) A place of confinement, especially for minor offenses or provisional imprisonment; a jail..

Restriction :: Restriction (n.) The act of restricting, or state of being restricted; confinement within limits or bounds..

Bridewell :: Bridewell (n.) A house of correction for the confinement of disorderly persons; -- so called from a hospital built in 1553 near St. Bride's (or Bridget's) well, in London, which was subsequently a penal workhouse..

Custody :: Custody (n.) State of being guarded and watched to prevent escape; restraint of liberty; confinement; imprisonment.

Unmew :: Unmew (v. t.) To release from confinement or restraint.

Vent :: Vent (n.) Fig.: Opportunity of escape or passage from confinement or privacy; outlet.

Cage :: Cage (n.) A place of confinement for malefactor.

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