"solitary confinement" meaning in English

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Noun

Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-solitary confinement.wav [Southern-England] Forms: solitary confinements [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun|-|s}} solitary confinement (usually uncountable, plural solitary confinements)
  1. Forced isolation in a small space and the denial of contact with other persons, usually as a form of punishment for a prison inmate. Wikipedia link: solitary confinement Tags: uncountable, usually Categories (topical): Prison Synonyms: ad-seg Translations (forced isolation): حَبْس اِنْفِرَادِيّ (ḥabs infirādiyy) [masculine] (Arabic), 單獨拘禁 (Chinese Mandarin), 单独拘禁 (dāndú jūjìn) (Chinese Mandarin), 單獨監禁 (Chinese Mandarin), 单独监禁 (dāndú jiānjìn) (Chinese Mandarin), samovazba [feminine] (Czech), isolatie [feminine] (Dutch), isolement [neuter] (Dutch), eenzame opsluiting [feminine] (Dutch), eristäminen (Finnish), mitard [masculine] (French), isolement carcéral [masculine] (French), Isolationshaft [feminine] (German), Einzelhaft [feminine] (German), απομόνωση (apomónosi) [feminine] (Greek), एकांत कारावास (ekānt kārāvās) (Hindi), braighdeanas aonair [masculine] (Irish), isolamento [masculine] (Italian), cella di isolamento [feminine] (Italian), segregazione [feminine] (Italian), confino [masculine] (Italian), 独房監禁 (dokubō kankin) (alt: どくぼうかんきん) (Japanese), 독방 감금 (dokbang gamgeum) (Korean), самица (samica) [feminine] (Macedonian), here taratahi (Maori), انفرادی (enferâdi) (Persian), سلول انفرادی (sellul-e enferâdi) (Persian), karcer [masculine] (Polish), prisão em solitária [feminine] (Portuguese), încarcerare solitară [feminine] (Romanian), одиночное заключение (odinočnoje zaključenije) (Russian), régimen de aislamiento [masculine] (Spanish), incomunicación [feminine] (Spanish), reclusión solitaria [feminine] (Spanish), hücre hapsi (Turkish)

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