solitary confinement

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Noun

solitary confinement (usually uncountable, plural solitary confinements)

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

   Synonym: ad-seg

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)
• Irish: braighdeanas aonair m

• Italian: isolamento (it) m, cella di isolamento f, segregazione (it) f, confino (it) m
• Japanese: 独房監禁 (どくぼうかんきん, dokubō kankin)
• Korean: 독방 감금 (dokbang gamgeum)
• Maori: here taratahi
• Persian: انفرادی‎ (fa) (enferâdi), سلول انفرادی‎ (sellul-e enferâdi)
• Polish: karcer (pl) m
• Portuguese: prisão em solitária f
• Russian: одиночное заключение (ru) (odinočnoje zaključenije)
• Spanish: régimen de aislamiento m, incomunicación (es) f, reclusión solitaria f