solitary confinement

[ sol-i-ter-ee kuhn-fahyn-muhnt ]
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noun
  1. the confinement of a prisoner in a cell or other place in which they are completely isolated from others.

Origin of solitary confinement

1
First recorded in 1775–85

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solitary confinement

noun
  1. isolation imposed on a prisoner, as by confinement in a special cell

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