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confine

A device for confining the hands, usually consisting of two metal rings that are fastened about the wrists and joined by metal chain: a handcuff.
limit / restrict

be confined to sth
abbreviation

Don't let dictionary abbreviations put you off.
n) a short form of a word or expression
emancipate

when you emancipate someone, you are taking him "from the hands of" someone else.
the emancipation of slaves.
V) formal to make someone free from social, political, or legal restrictions that limit what they can do.
manuscript

when you finish your first novel, your publisher will see your manuscript. - original manuscript.
n) A book or piece of writing before it is printed.
stuffy

you know when a word sounds natural and when it sounds stuffy.

it is getting stuffy in here.
a) stuffier / stuffiest

someone who is stuffy is too formal and has old-fashioned ideas.
elated

Aristophanes said, "By words, the mind is excited and the spirit elated."
adj) extremely happy and excited, especially because you have been successful.

V) elate : to fill with high spirit.