Hermitship

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    The state of being a hermit. uncountable

    "Once, and once only, I rebelled against my enforced hermitship, and we had a grand quarrel upon the subject."

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"Once, and once only, I rebelled against my enforced hermitship, and we had a grand quarrel upon the subject."

Etymology

From hermit + -ship.

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