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Seclusion
//səˈkluːʒən// noun
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Noun
- 1 The act of secluding, shutting out or keeping apart. countable, uncountable
"Seclusion may be used only as a therapeutic measure to prevent a recipient from causing physical harm to himself or physical abuse to others."
- 2 the act of secluding yourself from others wordnet
- 3 The state of being secluded or shut out, as from company, society, the world, etc.; solitude. countable, uncountable
"Madame de Mercœur was at first unwilling that Francesca should share her seclusion; but her young companion was too much in earnest to be refused. Francesca was still depressed by her recent parting with Guido, and clung to Henriette as her only friend,—she would have felt so utterly alone with Marie; besides, she too wished to pray for the absent and the dear."
- 4 the quality of being secluded from the presence or view of others wordnet
- 5 A secluded, isolated or private place. countable, uncountable
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- 6 The mature phase of the extratropical cyclone life cycle. countable, uncountable
"warm seclusion"
Etymology
From Medieval Latin, from Latin seclusio, from secludere.
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