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Definition 2024

solitary_confinement

solitary confinement

English

Noun

solitary confinement

Forced isolation in a small space and the denial of contact with other persons, usually as a form of punishment against an inmate in prison.

Translations

forced isolation

Arabic: حَبْس اِنْفِرَادِيّ m ‎(ḥabs infirādiyy)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 單獨拘禁, 单独拘禁 ‎(dāndú jūjìn), 單獨監禁, 单独监禁 ‎(dāndú jiānjìn)
Czech: samovazba f
Dutch: isolatie (nl) f, isolement (nl) n
Finnish: eristäminen (fi)
French: mitard (fr) m
German: Isolationshaft (de) f

Greek: απομόνωση (el) f ‎(apomónosi)
Japanese: 独房監禁 ‎(どくぼうかんきん, dokubō kankin)
Korean: 독방 감금 ‎(dogbang gamgeum)
Persian: انفرادی (fa) ‎(enferâdi), سلول انفرادی ‎(sellul-e enferâdi)
Portuguese: prisão em solitária f
Russian:
Spanish: régimen de aislamiento m, incomunicación (es) f, reclusión solitaria f