单词 | seclusion |
释义 | seclusionn. 1. The action of secluding; †exclusion (obsolete). ΘΚΠ the world > space > relative position > condition of being external > enclosing or enclosure > enclosing or confining > [noun] closurec1420 pinning1503 closing1580 seclusion1623 penning1626 impoundage1954 society > society and the community > social relations > lack of social communication or relations > retirement or seclusion > [noun] > the or an act of retiring1548 retreat1589 secession1604 decession1606 retirement1606 seclusion1623 recessa1639 secesh1863 1623 H. Cockeram Eng. Dict. i Seclusion, a shutting apart. 1664 J. Owen Vindic. Animadversions 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. 1681 Let. from Person of Quality conc. Duke of York (single sheet) I think it both unreasonable and Unjust, for any Subject of England to attempt his Seclusion from the Crown. 1808 in Encycl. Brit. (1885) XIX. 748/2 Recognizing the importance of attempting reformation by the seclusion, employment, and religious instruction of prisoners. 2. The condition or state of being secluded; an instance of this. in seclusion, apart from society. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > social relations > lack of social communication or relations > retirement or seclusion > [noun] privity?c1225 reclusionc1430 abstractionc1450 recess?1532 privacy1534 solitariousness1545 retirea1554 secess1570 privatenessa1586 retirednessa1586 retirement1603 secrecy1607 closeness1612 shadow1612 privatea1616 recluseness1648 abstractednessa1653 recluse1665 abscondence1694 seclusion1785 seclusiveness1822 retiracy1824 secludedness1835 retraite1843 society > society and the community > social relations > lack of social communication or relations > retirement or seclusion > [adverb] in privity?c1225 in private1469 on private1582 monkishly1595 retiredly1599 recluse1612 reclusely1748 in seclusion1785 secludedly1837 en retraite1840 reclusively1845 upon the snug1861 to lie up1881 1785 W. Cowper Task iii. 675 Oh, blest seclusion from a jarring world, Which he, thus occupied, enjoys! 1794 A. Radcliffe Myst. of Udolpho III. v. 104 Several days passed with Emily in total seclusion. 1856 A. P. Stanley Sinai & Palestine (ed. 3) i. 96 The elevation and seclusion of some of its edifices, perched high among almost inaccessible rocks. 1872 J. G. Murphy Crit. Comm. Leviticus xii. Introd. The period of seclusion after child-bearing. 1886 J. Ruskin Præterita I. xii. 427 Brought up..in severe seclusion. 3. A place or abode in which one is secluded. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > social relations > lack of social communication or relations > retirement or seclusion > secluded place or place of seclusion > [noun] wroa1300 recluse1474 reclusage1480 retreatc1500 retire1595 rendezvous1598 retirement1603 recess1611 shadea1616 Jericho1635 privacy1648 sequesterment1778 seclusion1791 retraite1814 backwater1820 hideaway1930 1791 A. Radcliffe Romance of Forest I. iv. 111 La Motte had now passed above a month in this seclusion. 1829 I. Taylor Nat. Hist. Enthusiasm viii. 196 There was certainly as much piety without as within these seclusions—and much more learning. 1860 N. Hawthorne Marble Faun I. viii. 92 A seclusion, but seldom a solitude; for..all who breathe Roman air, find free admission. 1884 A. P. Sinnett Esoteric Buddhism ix. 148 They have sometimes been isolated in separate seclusions. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1911; most recently modified version published online June 2021). < |
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