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noun ADJ. close, cramped, limited, narrow, strict issues that go beyond the limited confines of the book within the strict confines of the law | immediate | comfortable, comfy, safe VERB + CONFINES leave It took him some effort to leave the comfy confines of his armchair. PREP. beyond/outside the ~ of She wanted to experience things outside the close confines of family life. | in/within the ~ of He spent three years within the narrow confines of the prison.
Oxford Collocations Dictionary