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seclusion(dictionary)
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seclusion (iou)



seclusion noun. E17.
[medieval Latin seclusio(n-), from Latin seclus- pa. ppl stem of secludere SECLUDE: see -ION.]
The action of secluding something or someone. Also, exclusion. Now rare. E17.
H. J. Laski Emphasize its importance to the seclusion of all other factors.
The condition or state of being secluded; retirement, privacy; a period of this. L18.
E. B. Browning After a seclusion of four years and a half from the external air. L. Uris The bride,..hidden all day, was taken from seclusion. P. Ackroyd Perhaps the tall hedges give this region its air of seclusion and even of secrecy.
A place in which a person is secluded; a secluded place. L18.
seclusionist noun an advocate of seclusion M19.