solitude
Americannoun
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the state of being or living alone; seclusion.
to enjoy one's solitude.
- Synonyms:
- privacy, retirement
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remoteness from habitations, as of a place; absence of human activity.
the solitude of the mountains.
- Synonyms:
- loneliness
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a lonely, unfrequented place.
a solitude in the mountains.
- Synonyms:
- wilderness, desert
noun
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the state of being solitary or secluded
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poetic a solitary place
Related Words
Solitude, isolation refer to a state of being or living alone. Solitude emphasizes the quality of being or feeling lonely and deserted: to live in solitude. Isolation may mean merely a detachment and separation from others: to be put in isolation with an infectious disease.
Other Word Forms
- solitudinous adjective
Etymology
Origin of solitude
First recorded in 1325–75; Middle English, from Middle French, from Latin sōlitūdō. See soli- 1, -tude
Example Sentences
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But for Angelenos seeking adventure — and even solitude — a vast forested expanse awaits.
From Los Angeles Times
On the occasion that we’re let out of our house, our screens come with us, acting as an extra limb or a tool to curb solitude.
From Salon
Once she wrapped the tour, she went home, welcomed long periods of solitude and began to make an entirely different album, pre-”Folded.”
From Los Angeles Times
His 2011 memoir, “The Consolations of the Forest,” detailed his months of solitude in a remote cabin in Siberia, a region perhaps best known for its freezing gulags.
His travels include encounters with Inuit people, snow blindness and a stinging need for solitude that leads him to abandon his family for a life in the Arctic trading post.
From Los Angeles Times
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