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   Quar·an·tine

   /ˈkwôrənˌtēn/

   

   noun

   • 1. a state, period, or place of isolation in which people or animals that may have been exposed to infectious disease are placed: "horses entering the country must stay in quarantine longer"

   verb

   • 1. place (a person or animal) in quarantine in order to prevent the spread of an infectious disease: "I quarantine all new fish for one month"
   • ▪ remain apart from others for a period of time in order to prevent the transmission of an infectious disease to which one may have been exposed: "we are seeing exponential growth in new cases because people failed to quarantine after traveling abroad"

   Word Origin late 15th century (in sense ‘place where Jesus fasted for forty days’): from medieval Latin quarentena and Anglo-Norman French quarenteine, quarenteinne. The modern sense is from Italian quarantina ‘forty days’, from quaranta ‘forty’, and dates from the mid 17th century.

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   Synonyms of quarantine. 1. : a period of 40 days. 2. a. : a term during which a ship arriving in port and suspected of carrying contagious disease is held in isolation from the shore. b. : a regulation placing a ship in quarantine. c. : a place where a ship is detained during quarantine. 3. a.

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   n. # delay. Another way to say Quarantine? Synonyms for Quarantine (other words and phrases for Quarantine).

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   Synonyms for QUARANTINE: isolate, interdict, restrain, hospitalize, detain, put in isolation, seclude, ban, segregate, confine, cordon-off, exclude, put under quarantine, place in quarantine, ostracize, restrict.

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