To be committed to a mental health facility against your will.
Sectioned
Example Sentences
"Don't Sectioned about like that!"
"He's always trying to Sectioned when he shouldn't."
Etymology & History
British involuntarily committed. British mental health law terminology. Mental Health Act British sectioning. Section 2/3 British detention. Reflects British psychiatric detention vocabulary.
Word Details
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Region
General British
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Era
Modern
โ
Language
Mild
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Formality
Informal
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