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View synonyms for reclusion

reclusion

[ ri-kloo-zhuhn ]

noun

  1. the condition or life of a recluse.
  2. an act of shutting or the state of being shut up in seclusion.


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Word History and Origins

Origin of reclusion1

1350–1400; Middle English < Late Latin reclūsiōn- (stem of reclūsiō ) a shutting off, equivalent to Latin reclūs ( us ) recluse + -iōn- -ion
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Example Sentences

He was thrown into prison and, in 1572, was sentenced to penance and reclusion, thus rendering him ineligible.

It was little likely that the Central prison to which she was consigned in perpetual "reclusion" would ever surrender its prey.

She escaped with two years of reclusion and six more of exile.

Shall I add that the primary cause of my reclusion no longer operated so powerfully?

In the central prisons three kinds of punishment exist, forced labour, confinement called 'reclusion,' and correction.

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