n. 1. Restraint within limits; imprisonment; any restraint of liberty; seclusion. [ 1913 Webster ]
The mind hates restraint, and is apt to fancy itself under confinement when the sight is pent up. Addison. [ 1913 Webster ]
2. Restraint within doors by sickness, esp. that caused by childbirth; lying-in. [ 1913 Webster ]