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1. A bounded scope
   "he stayed within the confines of the city"

1. Place limits on (extent or access)
   "confine the use of this parking lot";
   - restrict, restrain, trammel, limit, bound, throttle
    
2. Restrict in quantity or scope
   "I confine you to two visits to the pub a day";
   - limit, circumscribe
    
3. Prevent from leaving or from being removed
    
4. Close in
   "darkness confined him";
   - enclose, hold in
    
5. Deprive of freedom; take into confinement
   - detain
    
6. Limit to within certain bounds; physically prevent from moving
   "This confines the local until the express passengers change trains";
   - restrain, hold

Type of: ambit, bear, carry, check, compass, contain, control, curb, decrease, disable, disenable, hold, hold back, hold in, incapacitate, keep, keep back, lessen, minify, moderate, orbit, range, reach, restrain, scope

Antonym: free

Encyclopedia: Confines