First Known Use: circa 1616
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seclusion
noun se·clu·sion \si-ˈklü-zhən\
: the act of placing or keeping someone away from other people : the act of secluding someone
: the state of being away from other people : a secluded state or condition
Full Definition of SECLUSION
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: a secluded or isolated place
— se·clu·sive \-ˈklü-siv, -ziv\ adjective
— se·clu·sive·ly adverb
— se·clu·sive·ness noun
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Origin of SECLUSION
Medieval Latin seclusion-, seclusio, from Latin secludere
Related to SECLUSION
- Synonyms
- aloneness, insulation, privacy, secludedness, isolation, segregation, separateness, sequestration, solitariness, solitude
Synonym Discussion of SECLUSION
solitude, isolation, seclusion mean the state of one who is alone. solitude may imply a condition of being apart from all human beings or of being cut off by wish or circumstances from one's usual associates <a few quiet hours of solitude>. isolation stresses detachment from others often involuntarily <the isolation of the village in winter>. seclusion suggests a shutting away or keeping apart from others often connoting deliberate withdrawal from the world or retirement to a quiet life <lived in pastoral seclusion>.
Rhymes with SECLUSION
affusion, allusion, Carthusian, collusion, conclusion, confusion, contusion, delusion, diffusion, effusion, elusion, exclusion, extrusion, illusion, inclusion, infusion, intrusion, Malthusian, obtrusion, occlusion, perfusion, prelusion, profusion, prolusion, protrusion, reclusion, transfusion, Venusian
SECLUSION Defined for Kids
seclusion
noun se·clu·sion \si-ˈklü-zhən\
Definition of SECLUSION for Kids
: the condition of being hidden from sight or kept away from others
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