Seclusion Definition

sĭ-klo͝ozhən
noun
The act of secluding.
The judge ordered the seclusion of the jury.
American Heritage
A secluding or being secluded; retirement; isolation; privacy.
Webster's New World
A secluded place.
Webster's New World

The act of secluding, or the state of being secluded; a shutting out or keeping apart, or the state of being shut out, as from company, society, the world, etc.; retirement; privacy; solitude: as, to live in seclusion.

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Other Word Forms of Seclusion

Noun

Singular:
seclusion
Plural:
seclusions

Origin of Seclusion

  • Medieval Latin sēclūsiō sēclūsiōn- from Latin sēclūsus past participle of sēclūdere to seclude seclude

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • From Medieval Latin, from Latin seclusio, from secludere.

    From Wiktionary

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