Usually means: Boundaries or limits of space.
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  1. confines: Merriam-Webster
  2. confines: Collins English Dictionary
  3. confines: Vocabulary.com
  4. Confines, confines: Wordnik
  5. confines: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  6. confines: Wiktionary
  7. confines: Dictionary.com
  8. confines: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  9. confines: Rhymezone
  10. confines: FreeDictionary.org
  11. confines: Mnemonic Dictionary
  12. confines: TheFreeDictionary.com
  13. confines: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English

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▸ noun:  The borders or limits of an area.
▸ noun:  Elements that restrain someone.
▸ noun:  The scope or range of a subject.

Similar:
bound, enclose, circumscribe, restrain, restrict, trammel, hold, throttle, hold in, detain, more...

Opposite:
freedom, liberty, liberation

Types:
prison, jail, penitentiary, stockade, cage, cell, cubicle, closet, more...

Phrases:
within the confines, more...

Adjectives:
narrow, close, own, safe, very, limited, strict, tight, cramped, dark, immediate

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Similar:
bound, enclose, circumscribe, restrain, restrict, trammel, hold, throttle, hold in, detain, more...

Opposite:
freedom, liberty, liberation

Types:
prison, jail, penitentiary, stockade, cage, cell, cubicle, closet, more...

Phrases:
within the confines, more...

Adjectives:
narrow, close, own, safe, very, limited, strict, tight, cramped, dark, immediate

Colors:
    gray,     black,     charcoal,     taupe,     olive, more...



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