SOLITARY CONFINEMENT

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

Confinement of a prisoner in isolation from other prisoners

Example:

he was held in solitary

Synonyms:

solitary; solitary confinement

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Hypernyms ("solitary confinement" is a kind of...):

confinement (the state of being confined)

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