seclusion

[ si-kloo-zhuhn ]
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noun
  1. an act of secluding: the seclusion of unruly students.

  2. the state of being secluded; retirement; solitude: He sought seclusion in his study.

  1. a secluded place.

Origin of seclusion

1
1615–25; <Medieval Latin sēclūsiōn- (stem of sēclūsiō) <Latin sēclūs(us) (past participle of sēclūdere to seclude) + -iōn--ion

Other words from seclusion

  • non·se·clu·sion, noun

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British Dictionary definitions for seclusion

seclusion

/ (sɪˈkluːʒən) /


noun
  1. the act of secluding or the state of being secluded

  2. a secluded place

Origin of seclusion

1
C17: from Medieval Latin sēclūsiō; see seclude

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