seclusion

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Etymology

From Medieval Latin, from Latin seclusio, from secludere.

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Noun

Wikipedia seclusion (plural seclusions)

1. 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.
2. A secluded place.

Related terms

• seclude
• secluse
• secluseness
• seclusionist
• seclusive

Translations

The act of secluding, or the state of being secluded; a shutting out or keeping apart, or the state of being shut out

• French: isolement (fr) m
• German: Abgeschiedenheit (de) f

• Russian: уединение (ru) (ujedinenije)
• Serbo-Croatian: sekluzija (sh), izolacija (sh)

A secluded place

References

• seclusion in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911