Meaning

4 senses
  1. (countable, uncountable)The act of secluding, shutting out or keeping apart.

    the act of secluding yourself from others

  2. (countable, uncountable)The state of being secluded or shut out, as from company, society, the world, etc.; solitude.

    Abgeschiedenheit, Abschottung, Absonderung

    уедине́ниеujedinénije

  3. (countable, uncountable)A secluded, isolated or private place.

  4. (countable, uncountable)The mature phase of the extratropical cyclone life cycle.

    warm seclusion

Examples

6 sentences
  1. Mary spent her girlhood in seclusion.

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  2. I actively choose companionship over seclusion.

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  3. Michael was forced to live in seclusion.

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  4. Tom lives in seclusion and rarely sees anyone.

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  5. A love of seclusion was bestowed upon him.

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Translations

5 languages
Русский
By meaning 1
act of secluding, or the state of being secluded; a shutting out or keeping apart, or the state of being shut out:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
act of secluding, or the state of being secluded; a shutting out or keeping apart, or the state of being shut out:

Origin

From Medieval Latin, from Latin seclusio, from secludere.

From Medieval Latin, from Latin seclusio, from secludere.

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Forms

plural: seclusions
Singularseclusion
Pluralseclusions

regular

Synonyms

13 synonyms
Close in meaning

Word family

8 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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