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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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

Seclusion Sentence Examples

  • This grateful seclusion, however, he was not permitted long to enjoy.

  • From this seclusion he was in A.D.

  • Her mother educated her in strict seclusion, but seclusion altogether failed to tame her imperious and ambitious temper.

  • 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.

  • 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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