- 3. Lying-in, childbed, delivery, parturition, childbirth.
Confines, n. pl. Boundaries, borders, edges, limits, marches, frontiers, precincts, remote regions.
Confirm, v. a.
- 1. Establish, fix, settle, assure, make firm.
- 2. Strengthen, add strength to.
- 3. Corroborate, substantiate, verify.
- 4. Ratify, sanction, bind.
- 5. Admit to the Communion, invest with full membership in the church.
Confirmation, n.
- 1. Settlement, establishment.
- 2. Corroboration, substantiation, verification, proof.
- 3. Ratification, sanction.
- 4. Admission to the Communion, full investiture (with the privileges of the church).
Confirmatory, a. Corroborating, corroborative.
Confiscate, v. a. Cause to be forfeited, condemn to public use.
Confiscation, n. Forfeiting, condemnation to public use.
Conflagration, n. Great burning, general fire.
Conflict, v. n. Clash, interfere, be inconsistent or inharmonious, be contrary, be opposed.
Conflict, n.
- 1. Struggle, encounter, contest, combat, battle, fight, collision, strife in arms.
- 2. Clashing, interference, inconsistency, antagonism, opposition, disagreement, discord, inharmony.
Confluence, n.
- 1. Meeting, junction, conflux, union, flowing together.