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A wall is just a boundary that forgot it was once a choice.
means To keep someone or something within limits, boundaries, or an enclosed space — to restrict freedom of movement or scope.
from From Latin 'confinis,' meaning 'bordering on, sharing a boundary,' built from 'con-' (together) and 'finis' (end, limit, border) — the same 'finis' that gives us 'finish' and 'final.' The original sense was about lands that touched, neighboring territories sharing an edge; only later did the shared border harden into something that holds you in. It reached English through French in the 1500s, first as a noun for a boundary and soon as the verb for what boundaries do.
- latin roots
- From confinis, meaning sharing a border
- verb and noun
- It cages and names the cage
- medical sense
- Once meant childbirth bed rest
- prison echo
- Solitary confinement reshapes the brain measurably
guantanamo bay detention camp — us military prison in cuba holding 780+ detainees since 2002
alcatraz federal penitentiary — maximum security prison on san francisco bay island, operated 1934-1963
supermax florence prison — adx florence in colorado, most secure us federal prison holding 400+ high-risk inmates