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house arrest

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

Confinement of a person to his or her residence, sometimes with a limited travel allowance, ordered by a judge or other authority as a more lenient alternative to imprisonment.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

Topics: law

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Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

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noun

Meaning 2

confinement to your own home

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: confinement

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Across languages

Translations

47 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: إِقَامَة جَبْرِيَّة — confinement of a person, by authorities, to his or her residence
  • Armenian: տնային կալանք (tnayin kalankʻ) — confinement of a person, by authorities, to his or her residence
  • Azerbaijani: ev dustaqlığı — confinement of a person, by authorities, to his or her residence
  • Azerbaijani: ev həbsi — confinement of a person, by authorities, to his or her residence
  • Belarusian: дамашні арышт (damašni aryšt) — confinement of a person, by authorities, to his or her residence
  • Bengali: গৃহবন্দি (grihobondi) — confinement of a person, by authorities, to his or her residence
  • Bulgarian: домашен арест (domašen arest) — confinement of a person, by authorities, to his or her residence
  • Catalan: arrest domiciliari — confinement of a person, by authorities, to his or her residence
  • Chinese Mandarin: 軟禁 /软禁 (ruǎnjìn) — confinement of a person, by authorities, to his or her residence
  • Chinese Mandarin: 幽禁 (yōujìn) — confinement of a person, by authorities, to his or her residence
  • Czech: domácí vězení — confinement of a person, by authorities, to his or her residence
  • Danish: husarrest — confinement of a person, by authorities, to his or her residence
  • Dutch: huisarrest — confinement of a person, by authorities, to his or her residence
  • Esperanto: hejmaresto — confinement of a person, by authorities, to his or her residence
  • Estonian: koduarest — confinement of a person, by authorities, to his or her residence
  • Finnish: kotiaresti — confinement of a person, by authorities, to his or her residence
  • French: résidence surveillée — confinement of a person, by authorities, to his or her residence
  • French: assignation à résidence — confinement of a person, by authorities, to his or her residence
  • German: Hausarrest — confinement of a person, by authorities, to his or her residence
  • Hebrew: מעצר בית — confinement of a person, by authorities, to his or her residence
  • Hungarian: házi őrizet — confinement of a person, by authorities, to his or her residence
  • Indonesian: tahanan rumah — confinement of a person, by authorities, to his or her residence
  • Irish: braighdeanas baile — confinement of a person, by authorities, to his or her residence
  • Italian: arresti domiciliari — confinement of a person, by authorities, to his or her residence
  • Italian: detenzione domiciliare — confinement of a person, by authorities, to his or her residence
  • Japanese: 軟禁 (nankin) — confinement of a person, by authorities, to his or her residence
  • Kazakh: үй қамақ (üi qamaq) — confinement of a person, by authorities, to his or her residence
  • Kazakh: үйқамақ (üiqamaq) — confinement of a person, by authorities, to his or her residence
  • Korean: 가택 연금 (gataeng nyeon'geum) — confinement of a person, by authorities, to his or her residence
  • Lithuanian: namų areštas — confinement of a person, by authorities, to his or her residence
  • Malayalam: വീട്ടുതടങ്കൽ (vīṭṭutaṭaṅkal) — confinement of a person, by authorities, to his or her residence
  • Norwegian Bokmål: husarrest — confinement of a person, by authorities, to his or her residence
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: husarrest — confinement of a person, by authorities, to his or her residence
  • Persian: حبس خانگی — confinement of a person, by authorities, to his or her residence
  • Polish: areszt domowy — confinement of a person, by authorities, to his or her residence
  • Portuguese: prisão domiciliária — confinement of a person, by authorities, to his or her residence
  • Portuguese: prisão domiciliar — confinement of a person, by authorities, to his or her residence
  • Romanian: arest la domiciliu — confinement of a person, by authorities, to his or her residence
  • Russian: дома́шний аре́ст (domášnij arést) — confinement of a person, by authorities, to his or her residence
  • Spanish: arraigo domiciliario — confinement of a person, by authorities, to his or her residence
  • Spanish: arresto domiciliario — confinement of a person, by authorities, to his or her residence
  • Swahili: kizuizini nyumbani — confinement of a person, by authorities, to his or her residence
  • Swedish: husarrest — confinement of a person, by authorities, to his or her residence
  • Telugu: గృహ నిర్బంధం (gr̥ha nirbandhaṁ) — confinement of a person, by authorities, to his or her residence
  • Turkish: ev hapsi — confinement of a person, by authorities, to his or her residence
  • Ukrainian: дома́шній аре́шт (domášnij aréšt) — confinement of a person, by authorities, to his or her residence
  • Vietnamese: quản thúc tại gia — confinement of a person, by authorities, to his or her residence