Home confinement refers to the legal requirement for an individual to remain at home as part of their sentence. There are various synonyms for this term that are commonly used such as house arrest, home detention, electronic monitoring, or home incarceration. These substitutes are used to depict the same concept of limiting a person to a specific location, but they vary in the extent of restriction and the manner of enforcement. Some synonyms of home confinement are more lenient than others, such as home detention, which often allows individuals to leave their house for specific reasons, while others like electronic monitoring restrict all movements out of the house. In general, they aim to provide a punishment that is less harsh than imprisonment, but still restricts the offender's movements.