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单词 solitary confinement
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solitary confinement

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noun

the confinement of a prisoner in a cell or other place in which he or she is completely isolated from others.

Origin of solitary confinement

First recorded in 1775–85

Words nearby solitary confinement

solipsistic, solitaire, solitary, solitary bee, solitary bone cyst, solitary confinement, solitary follicle, solitary sandpiper, solitary tract, solitary vireo, solitary wasp
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Example sentences from the Web for solitary confinement

  • We go to the solitary-confinement cell, where trouble makers are kept.

    My Wonderful Visit|Charlie Chaplin

British Dictionary definitions for solitary confinement

solitary confinement

noun

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