solitary confinement

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solitary confinement

noun solitary confinements

  1. uncountable, 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.

    Similar: ad-seg

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noun forced isolation

Españolrégimen de aislamiento, incomunicación, reclusión solitaria
한국어독방 감금 dokbang gamgeum
日本語独房監禁 dokubō kankin
中文單獨拘禁 /单独拘禁 dāndú jūjìn, 單獨監禁 /单独监禁 dāndú jiānjìn
हिन्दीएकांत कारावास ekānt kārāvās
Portuguêsprisão em solitária
Françaismitard, isolement carcéral
DeutschIsolationshaft, Einzelhaft
Italianoisolamento, cella di isolamento, segregazione, confino
Ελληνικάαπομόνωση apomónosi
Românăîncarcerare solitară
Русскийодиночное заключение odinočnoje zaključenije
Tiếng Việtbiệt giam
العربيةحَبْس اِنْفِرَادِيّ ḥabs infirādiyy

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@misc{solitary_confinement_2026,
  title = {solitary confinement},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/solitary%20confinement},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}