Learn English – Opposite of Quarantine

antonyms

As I understand it, quarantine is used to describe the isolation of the infected to prevent spread of infection. However, I'm looking for a word for the isolation of the healthy to avoid infection.

Best Answer

There's no single directly fitting antonym, however, there are a few options to convey your meaning:

  • Reverse quarantine - this uses negation to create the meaning
  • Isolation - this conveys the general meaning, and can be used in a medical context
  • Protective sequestration - this fits best with your intended meaning, "isolating a still-healthy population to prevent diesease from spreading to it"

Sources:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Protective_sequestration

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