OUBLIETTES Synonyms: 51 Similar and Opposite Words

oubliettes

noun

plural of oubliette

as in dungeons

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outsides

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Noun

Orwyle is sent to the dungeons and replaced with a new Grand Maester.

— Erik Kain, Forbes.com, 10 Aug. 2026
Meanwhile, Willingham, Riegel, Laura Bailey, Taliesin Jaffe, Ashley Johnson, Liam O’Brien, Marisha Ray, and sometimes special guests, played the characters who delved through dungeons and fought at least five (5) dragons.

— Sarah Shachat, IndieWire, 17 June 2026

Definition of dungeons

Noun

When women tried to march for their rights, they were violently suppressed, and by 2023, nearly all those in Afghan jails were political prisoners, and many were tortured.

— The Week US, TheWeek, 31 Aug. 2026
Filling empty beds The national incarceration rate – which includes both jails, for short-term detention, and prisons, for sentences of more than a year – has more or less crept downward since 2010.

— Ella Siegrist, The Conversation, 28 Aug. 2026

Definition of jails

Noun

Hodge says he was abused in multiple federal penitentiaries, but was frequently blocked from filing complaints about it.

— Christie Thompson, NPR, 13 July 2026
This includes providing the Colombian military more leeway in the field, signing a new security agreement with Washington and building 10 mega-prisons that mimic Bukele’s network of penitentiaries in El Salvador.

— Daniel DePetris, Chicago Tribune, 2 June 2026

Definition of penitentiaries

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