solitary confinement

Noun CEFR B2

Definitions

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

uncountable, usually

Equivalents

Españolincomunicación reclusión solitaria régimen de aislamiento

Françaisisolement carcéral mitard

DeutschEinzelhaft Isolationshaft

20 more languages

العربيةحَبْس اِنْفِرَادِيّ

Българскикарцер

Bosanskiсамица

Češtinaajnclík samotka samovazba

Ελληνικάαπομόνωση

فارسیانفرادی

Suomieristäminen

हिन्दीएकांत कारावास क़ैद-ए-तन्हाई

Hrvatskiсамица

Italianocella di isolamento confino isolamentosegregazione

日本語独房監禁

한국어독방 감금

Македонскисамица

Nederlandseenzame opsluiting isolatie isolement

Polskiizolatka karcer separatka

Portuguêsprisão em solitária

Românăîncarcerare solitară

Русскийодиночное заключение

Српскисамица

Tiếng Việtbiệt giam

CEFR level

B2

Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.

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See also

solitary sandpiper solitary tinamou solitary vice solitary wasp solitary wave solithromycin

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