Quarantine

Definition:

  • (n.) A space of forty days; -- used of Lent.
  • (n.) Specifically, the term, originally of forty days, during which a ship arriving in port, and suspected of being infected a malignant contagious disease, is obliged to forbear all intercourse with the shore; hence, such restraint or inhibition of intercourse; also, the place where infected or prohibited vessels are stationed.
  • (n.) The period of forty days during which the widow had the privilege of remaining in the mansion house of which her husband died seized.
  • (v. t.) To compel to remain at a distance, or in a given place, without intercourse, when suspected of having contagious disease; to put under, or in, quarantine.

Compare quarantine with other words:

quarantine vs. segregate

quarantine vs. unapproved

quarantine vs. severance

quarantine vs. quarantined

lazaretto vs. quarantine

anchorage vs. quarantine

contagion vs. quarantine

isolate vs. quarantine

disease vs. quarantine

quarantine vs. separation

quarantine vs. virus

obligatory vs. quarantine

isolation vs. quarantine

period vs. quarantine

aboard vs. quarantine

plague vs. quarantine

quarantine vs. ship

contagious vs. quarantine

quarantine vs. sanitary

quarantine vs. widow

fast vs. quarantine

christ vs. quarantine

desert vs. quarantine