contenimento

Definitions of contenimento
  1. noun
    the act of controlling by restraining someone or something
    synonyms: trattenimento
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    immobilizzazione, immobilizzo
    the act of limiting movement or making incapable of movement
    carcerazione, detenzione, fermo, internamento
    the act of restraining of a person's liberty by confining them
    restrizione
    the act of keeping something within specified bounds (by force if necessary)
    internamento
    the act of confining someone in a prison (or as if in a prison)
    specifica, specificazione, stipulazione
    a restriction that is insisted upon as a condition for an agreement
    consegna
    the official act of consigning a person to confinement (as in a prison or mental hospital)
    type of:
    comando, controllo
    the activity of managing or exerting control over something
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