Hypertext Webster Gateway: "containment"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Containment \Con*tain"ment\, n.
That which is contained; the extent; the substance. [Obs.]
The containment of a rich man's estate. --Fuller.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
containment
n 1: the act of containing; "the army was charged with the
containment of the rebel forces"
2: the act of containing something
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