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🇮🇹Italian Source WordCode: IT

Reclusione

Pronunciation / Transliteration: rekluˈzjone

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Confinement/kənˈfaɪn.mənt/
nounCEFR C1 (Advanced)Top #2850 frequency
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🇮🇹 Example Sentence in Italian:

"La reclusione è stata difficile per lui."

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2 senses
As noun
  1. 1

    The action of confining or the state of being confined.

    "The prisoner was released after years of confinement."
  2. 2

    A period of time during which someone is confined, especially during childbirth.

    "She experienced a brief confinement before giving birth."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Derived from the Latin con- (together) and finis (boundary, limit), passing through Middle French confinement. The term historically evolved from establishing territorial borders to the restriction of personal liberty or physical movement within bounded limits.

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