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Definition of
solitary confinement noun
from the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary
solitary confinement
noun
noun
(
informal
solitary
)
[
uncountable
]
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a punishment in which a prisoner is kept alone in a separate cell
to be in solitary confinement
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solitary confinement
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