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solitary confinement

solitary confinement noun: forced isolation in a small space and the denial of contact with other persons, usually as a form of punishment for a prison inmate.

Noun

solitary confinement (usually uncountable, plural solitary confinements)

  1. (usually) Forced isolation in a small space and the denial of contact with other persons, usually as a form of punishment for a prison inmate.
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solitary confinement meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Urdu and Arabic

solitary confinement in Hindi

forced isolation
एकांत कारावास ekānt kārāvās

solitary confinement in Tamil

தனிமைச் சிறை வைப்பு, தனிமைச் சிறைவைப்பு

solitary confinement in Urdu

solitary confinement
تنہائی tanhāī

solitary confinement in Arabic

forced isolation
حَبْس اِنْفِرَادِيّ ḥabs infirādiyy
More languagesFewer languages
solitary confinement in Persian
انفرادی enferâdi, سلول انفرادی sellul-e enferâdi
solitary confinement in Vietnamese
biệt giam

Synonyms of solitary confinement

Forms of solitary confinement

pluralsolitary confinements

Questions about solitary confinement

What does solitary confinement mean?
Solitary confinement means forced isolation in a small space and the denial of contact with other persons, usually as a form of punishment for a prison inmate.
What is solitary confinement in Hindi?
Solitary confinement in Hindi is एकांत कारावास (ekānt kārāvās). See Solitary confinement meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is solitary confinement?
Solitary confinement is a noun.
What is the plural of solitary confinement?
The plural of solitary confinement is solitary confinements.

Words near solitary confinement in the dictionary

  1. solitarize
  2. solitarized
  3. solitarizes
  4. solitarizing
  5. solitary
  6. solitary confinement
  7. solitary confinements
  8. solitary eagle
  9. solitary sandpiper
  10. solitary sandpipers
  11. solitary snipe

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Adapted from Wiktionary: solitary confinement (page history and authors); solitary confinement (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); تنہائی (Urdu) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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