- a secluding or being secluded; retirement; isolation; privacy
- a secluded place
Origin of seclusion
Medieval Latin seclusio
Neil learns best when he studies in seclusion rather than in a group setting.
Seclusion is defined as isolation, privacy or being away from others, or a private or sheltered place that is away from others.
When you hide away in your bedroom and you see and speak to no one, this is an example of a time when you are in seclusion.
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seclusion
noun
- a. The act of secluding: The judge ordered the seclusion of the jury.b. The state of being secluded: the seclusion of the desert.
- Archaic A secluded place or abode.
Origin of seclusion
Medieval Latin sēclūsiō sēclūsiōn- from Latin sēclūsus past participle of sēclūdere to seclude ; see seclude .Related Forms:
- se·clu′sive
adjective
- se·clu′sive·ly
adverb
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Noun
(plural seclusions)
- 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.
- A secluded place.
Origin
From Medieval Latin, from Latin seclusio, from secludere.
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Sentence Examples
- From this seclusion he was in A.D.
- This grateful seclusion, however, he was not permitted long to enjoy.
- Beyond appearing at the meetings of learned societies he took little part in public affairs; he lived alone, conducting his investigations in a deliberate and exhaustive manner, but in the most rigid seclusion, no person being admitted to his laboratory on any pretext.
- Her mother educated her in strict seclusion, but seclusion altogether failed to tame her imperious and ambitious temper.
- During twenty years Anthony lived a life of seclusion, never coming forth from his fort, never seeing the face of man.
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WORDS NEAR seclusion IN THE DICTIONARY
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- secludedness
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