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