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confinespl. n. a real or imaginary point beyond which a person or thing cannot gowithin the confines of the city bound, boundary, cap, ceiling, end, extent, limit, limitation, line, termination extremity, fag end, terminusborder, brim, edge, margin, rim, vergeoutsidebar, barrier, fence, hedge, restraint, stop, wall the line or relatively narrow space that marks the outer limit of somethingoutside the confines of the school walls border, borderline, bound, boundary, brim, circumference, compass, edge, edging, end, frame, fringe, hem, margin, perimeter, periphery, rim, skirt, skirting, verge ambitbrink, crest, curb, cusp, lipceiling, maximumdemarcation, extent, limitation, measure, mere, restriction, terminationborderland, frontier, march, outskirts, pale, selvagelapshore center, core, heartinner, inside, interior, middle, within an area over which activity, capacity, or influence extendsthat's beyond the confines of my power as dean of the college ambit, amplitude, breadth, compass, dimension(s), extent, range, reach, realm, scope, sweep, width gamut, spectrum, spreadbailiwick, circle, demesne, department, discipline, domain, element, fief, fiefdom, field, province, region, specialty, sphere, terrainfrontierhorizon, panorama to set bounds or an upper limit forwill confine my remarks to the subject we came here to discuss caps, circumscribes, holds down, limits, restricts bars, blocks, hampers, hinders, impedes, obstructsconstricts, contracts, lessens, narrows, pinches, squeezes, tightensquells, represses, suppressesnumbersmodifies, qualifies exceeds broadens, expands, widensoverextends, overreaches to put in or as if in prisonthe accused was confined until the trial could take place commits, immures, imprisons, incarcerates, interns, jails, jugs, locks (up) constrains, limits, restrains, restricts, shutsbars, gatesapprehends, arrests, busts(slang), captures, catches, detains, nabs, picks up, pinches, seizesimpresses, shanghaisholds, impounds, keepsbinds, enchains, fetters, handcuffs, manacles, shackles, trammels discharges, frees, liberates, releases emancipates, enfranchises, manumits, unbinds, uncages, unchains, unfetters |