solitary confinement


noun

the confinement of a prisoner in a cell or other place in which he or she is completely isolated from others.

Origin of solitary confinement

First recorded in 1775–85

Example sentences from the Web for solitary confinement

  • We go to the solitary-confinement cell, where trouble makers are kept.

    My Wonderful Visit |Charlie Chaplin

British Dictionary definitions for solitary confinement

solitary confinement

noun

isolation imposed on a prisoner, as by confinement in a special cell