Definitions
1.NounA 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.
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.
2.NounThe 40-day period during which a widow is entitled to remain in her deceased husband's home while any dower is collected and returned.
3.NounThe 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.
4.NounA 40-day period formerly imposed by the French king upon warring nobles during which they were forbidden from exacting revenge or continuing to fight.
5.NounA 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."The tourists were put in quarantine to ensure none of them would be able to spread the plague."
6.NounA similar period, instance, or state of rigidly enforced or self-enforced detention or isolation.
7.NounA place where such isolation is enforced, a lazaret.
8.NounA blockade of trade, suspension of diplomatic relations, or other action whereby one country seeks to isolate another.
9.NounAn isolation of one program, drive, computer, etc. from the rest of a computer network to limit the damage from a bug, computer virus, etc.
10.NounThe program, drive, computer, etc. thus isolated.
11.VerbTo place into isolation to prevent the spread of any contagious disease."Venice began quarantining incoming ships for 40 days in 1448 to prevent further outbreaks of bubonic plague."
12.VerbTo enter or stay in quarantine, particularly to self-quarantine to avoid an epidemic disease."International travelers must quarantine themselves at their own expense in a designated hotel for 14 days upon arrival."
13.VerbTo impose a quarantine, to establish quarantine regulations.
14.VerbSynonym of isolate more generally."J.F.K. "quarantined" Cuba rather than blockading it to avoid needless escalation of the conflict."
15.VerbSynonym of restrict.
16.Proper nounAlternative letter-case form of Quarantine: the Mount of Temptation where Jesus Christ supposedly fasted for 40 days, Jebel Quruntul near Jericho.