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Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   The state of being a hermit; seclusion from society. uncountable
2. 2
   monasticism characterized by solitude in which the social dimension of life is sacrificed to the primacy of religious experience wordnet

Synonyms

All synonyms

abstinenceausterityfastingflagellationhermitismmonasticism

Etymology

From eremite + -ism.

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