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seclusion

UK/səˈkluːʒən/US/səˈkluːʒən/
nounC1Occasional — familiar, but not everyday · #9,552 of 15,258neutral

Seclusion is the state of being kept well away from others. Live in seclusion.

It can be chosen or imposed, and the same word covers a retreat and a punishment. Seclusion in a hospital is a formal measure with rules about how long it may last.

Mattia Preti · Public domain

Definitions of seclusion

  1. 1nounseclusionThe state of being kept well away from others.C1

    “He spent the last twenty years in almost complete seclusion.”

seclusion is a state.

Where it comes from

Latin secludere means to shut off, from se, apart, plus claudere, to shut.

  1. Latin

    seclusio

  2. English, today

    seclusion

From Medieval Latin -, from Latin seclusio, from secludere.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA

Practise this word

seclusion in the wild

  • The seclusion of an individual is called solitude.

    Seclusion

  • A recluse is a person who lives in voluntary seclusion and solitude.

    Recluse

  • In Jewish religious law (halakha), the laws of yichud prohibit seclusion in a private area of a man and a woman who are not married to each other.

    Yichud

  • Such seclusion is prohibited out of fear that sexual intercourse or other, lesser acts may occur.

    Yichud

  • The Da'i al-Mutlaq has headed the Tayyibi community since the seclusion of the 21st Tayyibi Imam, at-Tayyib Abu'l-Qasim, traditionally placed in 528 AH/1134 AD.

    Da'i al-Mutlaq

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From Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0. These sentences were written by other people about their own subjects; they are here to show the word at work, not as anybody’s opinion.