seclude
/sɪˈkluːd
/verb [with object]
Keep (someone) away from other people: I secluded myself up here for a life of study and meditation...
- The government has a legitimate, compelling interest in secluding these men and denying them access to the outside world.
- Staff gave several explanations for feeling anxiety while restraining or secluding a patient.
- In contrast, a wall with high windows in India secludes the family from the stranger's gaze.
Origin
Late Middle English (in the sense 'obstruct access to'): from Latin secludere, from se- 'apart' + claudere 'to shut'.
exclude from Late Middle English:
Exclude is from Latin excludere ‘shut out’, from ex- ‘out’ and claudere ‘to shut’. The same root gives us, via French, a sluice gate used to shut off water flow, while seclude (Late Middle English) comes from claudere combined with se- ‘apart’.
Rhymes
- desmosomal
- desmosome
- Desna River
- desolate
- desolately
- desolateness
- desolation
- desolator
- desolder
- desorb
- desorbent
- desorber
- desorption
- De Soto
- de Soto, Hernando
- despair
- despairing
- despairingly
- despatch
- despatcher
- despedida
- desperado
- desperadoism
- desperate
- desperate diseases must have desperate remedies