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solitary confinement - 2 dictionary results

solitary confinement

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

Origin:
1775–85
solitary confinement  
n.  The confinement of a prisoner in isolation from all other prisoners.
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