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seclusion|sɪˈkluːʒən|
[ad. med.L. sēclūsiōnem (Diefenb.), f. L. sēclūs-, sēclūdĕre: see seclude v.]
1. The action of secluding; † exclusion (obs.).
1623Cockeram i, Seclusion, a shutting apart. 1664Owen Vind. Animad. Fiat Lux xviii. 450 Nor can I gather that..you suffered..for your..love to Monarchy: Seeing some of you would have been contented with its everlasting Seclusion. c1680Let. in Somers Tracts (1748) I. 131, I think it both unreasonable and unjust, for any Subject of England to attempt his Seclusion from the Crown. 1808in Encycl. Brit. (1885) XIX. 748/2 Recognizing the importance of attempting reformation by the seclusion, employment, and religious instruction of prisoners.
attrib.1895Law Times 13 July 258 An inmate was subjected to the discipline of a ‘seclusion cell’.
2. The condition or state of being secluded; an instance of this. in seclusion, apart from society.
1784Cowper Task iii. 675 Oh, blest seclusion from a jarring world, Which he, thus occupied, enjoys! 1794Mrs. Radcliffe Myst. Udolpho xxx, Several days passed with Emily in total seclusion. 1856Stanley Sinai & P. i. (ed. 3) 96 The elevation and seclusion of some of its edifices, perched high among almost inaccessible rocks. 1872J. G. Murphy Comm., Levit. xii. Introd., The period of seclusion after child-bearing. 1886Ruskin Præterita I. 427 Brought up..in severe seclusion.
3. A place or abode in which one is secluded.
1791Mrs. Radcliffe Rom. Forest iv, La Motte had now passed above a month in this seclusion. 1829I. Taylor Enthus. viii. 196 There was certainly as much piety without as within these seclusions—and much more learning. 1859Hawthorne Marb. Faun viii, A seclusion, but seldom a solitude; for..all who breathe Roman air, find free admission. 1884Sinnett Esoteric Buddhism ix. 148 They have sometimes been isolated in separate seclusions. |