isolation
noun
Origin of isolation
Synonyms for isolation
Related Words for isolation
solitude, desolation, confinement, segregation, remoteness, privacy, quarantine, sequestration, aloofness, detachment, withdrawal, exile, aloneness, concealment, retreat, hiding, reclusion, monkhood, seclusivenessExamples from the Web for isolation
Contemporary Examples of isolation
“Isolation has not worked,” said Obama from the White House.
Obama Realizes What 10 Presidents Didn’t: Isolating Cuba Doesn’t WorkChristopher Dickey
December 18, 2014
Now that they had the isolation chamber, it was up to Phoenix to find a plane to carry it.
He was one of six children who had been in the Ebola isolation center that had been overrun.
She came into the isolation center with a [temperature] of 40 degrees [104 Fahrenheit], and that was too high for a 6-year-old.
That moment helped me with this journey--between the faith and the physical preparation of training and isolation with hot yoga.
Historical Examples of isolation
In the light of morning the isolation of the inn is more apparent than at night.
Yorkshire Painted And DescribedGordon Home
I confess that there was something eerie in the isolation and remoteness of St. nimie.
The Roof of FranceMatilda Betham-Edwards
Otherwise why the pedigree, why the rigid castes, the isolation of women?
City of Endless NightMilo Hastings
The Jews were very troublesome among us in the days before the isolation.
City of Endless NightMilo Hastings
O divine sensibility, defend me from this isolation of the heart!
Tales And Novels, Volume 8 (of 10)Maria Edgeworth