First Known Use: 14th century
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solitude
noun sol·i·tude \ˈsä-lə-ˌtüd, -ˌtyüd\
: a state or situation in which you are alone usually because you want to be
Full Definition of SOLITUDE
1
: the quality or state of being alone or remote from society : seclusion
2
: a lonely place (as a desert)
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Origin of SOLITUDE
Middle English, from Middle French & Latin; Middle French, from Latin solitudin-, solitudo, from solus
Related to SOLITUDE
- Synonyms
- aloneness, insulation, privacy, secludedness, seclusion, segregation, separateness, sequestration, solitariness, isolation
Synonym Discussion of SOLITUDE
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 SOLITUDE
altitude, amplitude, aptitude, attitude, certitude, comfort food, consuetude, crassitude, desuetude, finger food, finitude, fortitude, gratitude, habitude, hebetude, interlude, lassitude, latitude, longitude, magnitude, mansuetude, multitude, negritude, platitude, plenitude, promptitude, pulchritude, quietude, rectitude, seminude, servitude, turpitude, vastitude
SOLITUDE Defined for Kids
solitude
noun sol·i·tude \ˈsäl-ə-ˌtüd, -ˌtyüd\
Definition of SOLITUDE for Kids
: the quality or state of being alone or away from others : seclusion
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