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Definition of seclusion in English: seclusionnoun sɪˈkluːʒ(ə)nsəˈkluʒən mass noun1The state of being private and away from other people. they enjoyed ten days of peace and seclusion Example sentencesExamples - These monks live in seclusion, and study the ways of the giant squid.
- The family here in Utah has stayed in seclusion throughout its ordeal, shutting the door to the news media.
- Just a few months ago you were in seclusion on a mountaintop with small goats keeping you company.
- Cpl Hassoun's relatives in Utah have been in seclusion since the report of his death was issued on Saturday.
- Without security, regardless of their legitimate rights, women will be fearful and will choose to remain in seclusion.
- Such interest is anathema to Sun Wen, a quietly spoken intellectual who enjoys writing poetry in seclusion.
- Living on an island usually means living in seclusion, the water on all sides disconnecting inhabitants from the rest of the world and all of modernity.
- Those with the least to reveal are the ones most interested in seclusion.
- Now he lives in seclusion in Kent, a practising magistrate who writes frequently for the Tablet.
- In about eight miles of Lancaster, there are about 25,000 Amish living in seclusion.
- Cows have their counter-strategies, leaving the group to live in seclusion when they are calving.
- She retired to her native Tiverton in 1801 and lived in seclusion until her death in 1809.
- Women went from being autonomous individuals to subservient beings living in seclusion.
- After a day in seclusion, relatives of executed American hostage Paul Johnson Jr. released a statement.
- The initiates themselves must remain in seclusion during the sometimes grueling training.
- And it's going to be quite a buzz because the twins have been in seclusion and they have been out of the public eye.
- This is a very extraordinary thing, because the family really has been in seclusion for the past 24 hours.
- Jimmy Connors is not Howard Hughes, but has spent a good deal longer in seclusion.
- I believe that the son speaks for so many sons and daughters out there, living out this nightmare in seclusion.
- At the same time, authorities couldn't hold such a prominent figure in seclusion for interrogation indefinitely.
Synonyms isolation, solitude, retreat, privacy, privateness, retirement, withdrawal, purdah, an ivory tower, concealment, hiding, secrecy, peace, peace and quiet, peacefulness, quietness, lack of disturbance, lack of interruption, freedom from interference rare sequestration, reclusion - 1.1archaic count noun A sheltered or private place.
Origin Early 17th century: from medieval Latin seclusio(n-), from secludere 'shut off' (see seclude). Rhymes allusion, collusion, conclusion, confusion, contusion, delusion, diffusion, effusion, exclusion, extrusion, fusion, illusion, inclusion, interfusion, intrusion, obtrusion, occlusion, preclusion, profusion, prolusion, protrusion, reclusion, suffusion, transfusion Definition of seclusion in US English: seclusionnounsəˈklo͞oZHənsəˈkluʒən 1The state of being private and away from other people. they enjoyed ten days of peace and seclusion Example sentencesExamples - Those with the least to reveal are the ones most interested in seclusion.
- Women went from being autonomous individuals to subservient beings living in seclusion.
- In about eight miles of Lancaster, there are about 25,000 Amish living in seclusion.
- These monks live in seclusion, and study the ways of the giant squid.
- She retired to her native Tiverton in 1801 and lived in seclusion until her death in 1809.
- Such interest is anathema to Sun Wen, a quietly spoken intellectual who enjoys writing poetry in seclusion.
- Without security, regardless of their legitimate rights, women will be fearful and will choose to remain in seclusion.
- The family here in Utah has stayed in seclusion throughout its ordeal, shutting the door to the news media.
- Now he lives in seclusion in Kent, a practising magistrate who writes frequently for the Tablet.
- The initiates themselves must remain in seclusion during the sometimes grueling training.
- This is a very extraordinary thing, because the family really has been in seclusion for the past 24 hours.
- Cows have their counter-strategies, leaving the group to live in seclusion when they are calving.
- Just a few months ago you were in seclusion on a mountaintop with small goats keeping you company.
- And it's going to be quite a buzz because the twins have been in seclusion and they have been out of the public eye.
- After a day in seclusion, relatives of executed American hostage Paul Johnson Jr. released a statement.
- At the same time, authorities couldn't hold such a prominent figure in seclusion for interrogation indefinitely.
- I believe that the son speaks for so many sons and daughters out there, living out this nightmare in seclusion.
- Cpl Hassoun's relatives in Utah have been in seclusion since the report of his death was issued on Saturday.
- Jimmy Connors is not Howard Hughes, but has spent a good deal longer in seclusion.
- Living on an island usually means living in seclusion, the water on all sides disconnecting inhabitants from the rest of the world and all of modernity.
Synonyms isolation, solitude, retreat, privacy, privateness, retirement, withdrawal, purdah, an ivory tower, concealment, hiding, secrecy, peace, peace and quiet, peacefulness, quietness, lack of disturbance, lack of interruption, freedom from interference - 1.1archaic A sheltered or private place.
Origin Early 17th century: from medieval Latin seclusio(n-), from secludere ‘shut off’ (see seclude). |