HEDGED (IN) Synonyms: 54 Similar and Opposite Words

hedged (in)

verb

past tense of hedge (in)

as in hemmed (in)

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confined

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Not one confined to a single house, summit, or handful of world leaders.

— Halla Tómasdóttir, Time, 16 Oct. 2026
The district judge confined Biddy and most of the Black children in the county jail, ostensibly for their own protection from their unscrupulous enslaver.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 15 Oct. 2026

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