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Meaning
Noun
●
In Law:
A
period
of 40
days
, particularly
The 40-day
period
during which a
widow
is
entitled
to
remain
in her
deceased
husband's home while any
dower
is
collected
and returned.
●
A
period
of 40
days
, particularly
The 40-day
period
of
isolation
required after 1448 at Venice's
lazaret
to
avoid
renewed
outbreaks
of the
bubonic plague
and
identical
policies
in other locations.
A 40-day
period
formerly
imposed
by the French
king
upon
warring
nobles
during which they were
forbidden
from
exacting
revenge
or
continuing
to fight.
●
A
period
,
instance
, or state of
isolation
from the
general public
or from
native
livestock
and
flora
enacted
to
prevent
the
spread
of any
contagious
disease.
●
A
similar
period
,
instance
, or state of
rigidly
enforced
or self-enforced
detention
or isolation.
●
A place where such
isolation
is
enforced
, a lazaret.
●
In Politics:
A
blockade
of
trade
,
suspension
of
diplomatic relations
, or other
action
whereby one country
seeks
to
isolate
another.
●
In Computing:
An
isolation
of one
program
,
drive
,
computer
, etc. from the
rest
of a
computer network
to
limit
the
damage
from a
bug
,
computer virus
, etc..
●
In Computing:
The
program
,
drive
,
computer
, etc. thus isolated.
Verb
●
To place into
isolation
to
prevent
the
spread
of any
contagious
disease.
●
To
enter
or
stay in
quarantine
,
particularly
to
self-quarantine
to
avoid
an
epidemic
disease.
●
To
impose
a
quarantine
, to
establish
quarantine
regulations.
●
Synonym of
isolate
more generally.
●
Synonym of restrict.
Name
●
Alternative letter-case form of Quarantine: the Mount of Temptation where Jesus Christ
supposedly
fasted
for 40
days
, Jebel Quruntul
near
Jericho.
●
Synonym of Mount of Temptation
Sourced from
Wiktionary
Origin
quarantine
English
quarantina
Italian
quarantina giorni
Italian
Sourced from
Etym
Synonyms
Lazaret
Lazaretto
Quarantain
Quarentene
Restrict
Lazar House
Related
Containment
Confinement
Blockade
Vaccination
Vaccinate
Rabies
Sterilize
Detention
Triage
Cull
Evacuate
Rescue
Euthanize
Sterilization
Lockdown
Rehouse
Evacuation
Decontamination
Surveillance
Decontaminate
Infection
Isolation
Biosecurity
Control
Shelter
Screening
Evict
Neuter
Exterminate
Protect
Prevention
Phytosanitary
Panleukopenia
Virus
Outbreak
Deportation
Ban
Protection
Sterilisation
Attack
Inspection
Remove
Kill
Treatment
Curfew
Exclusion
Fumigation
Block
Spay
Destroy
Monitoring
Pathogen
Imprison
Resettle
Restrictions
Prison
Immunize
Solitary Confinement
State Of Emergency
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