lying-in

noun

Definition of lying-innext
as in confinement

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  1. confinement
  2. childbed
  3. pregnancy
Noun
  • She was released in December 2025 and has spent another eight months under house arrest or in halfway-house confinement.
    — Bethy Squires, Vulture, 21 Aug. 2026
  • In 1842, the appellate court reduced the offense from a premeditated breach of duty to a negligent one, acquitted Ebel of founding a sect, and quashed his confinement.
    — Adam Gopnik, New Yorker, 17 Aug. 2026
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  • After the violence of the childbed, women were then expected to perform domestic labor that was expressly gendered and acknowledged as backbreaking.
    — Time, Time, 20 Jan. 2023
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  • What should people who have had gestational hypertension know about their health after pregnancy?
    — Faye Chiu, CNN Money, 21 Aug. 2026
  • According to the lawsuit, Lee was demoted during and after her pregnancy.
    — Jason Anderson, Sacbee.com, 21 Aug. 2026
Definition of pregnancy
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“Lying-in.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/lying-in. Accessed 25 Aug. 2026.

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