to be in solitary confinement
21confinement — [ kɔ̃finmɑ̃ ] n. m. • 1481; de confiner 1 ♦ Action de confiner. ♢ Spécialt, méd. Interdiction à un malade de quitter la chambre. ⇒ quarantaine. 2 ♦ Phys. Limitation du volume accessible à des particules, dans une installation nucléaire. Spécialt… …
22Confinement — may refer to either Civil confinement for psychiatric patients Color confinement, the physical principle explaining the non observation of color charged particles like free quarks Solitary confinement, a strict form of imprisonment The… …
23Solitary — may refer to: * shortened form of solitary confinement in jail * Solitary (Lost), an episode of the TV series Lost * Solitary (TV series), a reality show made by FOX * Solitary (Don Dokken album) , 2008 album by Don Dokkenee also* Solitaire… …
24solitary — [säl′ə ter΄ē] adj. [ME < OFr solitaire < L solitarius < solus, alone, SOLE2] 1. living or being alone 2. without others; single; only [a solitary example] 3. characterized by loneliness or lack of companions 4. lonely; remote;… …
25solitary — I adjective abandoned, aloof, anchoretic, anchoretical, avoiding the society of others, celibate, cloistered, companionless, deserted, desolate, detached, disjoined, disjunct, enisled, eremetical, eremitic, eremitish, estranged, fellowless,… …
26solitary — ► ADJECTIVE 1) done or existing alone. 2) secluded or isolated. 3) single; only. 4) (of a bee, wasp, etc.) not social or colonial. ► NOUN (pl. solitaries) 1) a recluse or hermit. 2) …
27confinement — n. imprisonment being confined 1) solitary confinement (they put him into solitary confinement) 2) confinement to (confinement to quarters) 3) in confinement (in solitary confinement) lying in (obsol.) 4) in confinement (before the birth of a… …
28Solitary (TV series) — Infobox Television show name = Solitary caption = Solitary title card format = Reality show rating = TV 14 runtime = 60 minutes creator = starring = Revolving cast country = United States network = Fox Reality Channel first aired = 2006 last… …
29confinement — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ close ▪ The animals are kept in close confinement. ▪ solitary ▪ home (AmE) ▪ He was sentenced to six months of home confinement …
30solitary — I. adjective Etymology: Middle English, solitarie, from Anglo French, from Latin solitarius, from solitas aloneness, from solus alone Date: 14th century 1. a. being, living, or going alone or without companions b. saddened by isolation 2.… …
