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solitary confinement

 noun
     
Related topics: Jail and punishment
solitary confinement [uncountable]
SCJ a punishment in which a prisoner is kept alone and is not allowed to see anyone else
in solitary confinement
He spent more than half his time in prison in solitary confinement.
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