Dictionary

seclusion en · NOUN

Pronunciation

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• /səˈkluːʒən/

Etymology

From Medieval Latin, from Latin seclusio, from secludere.

Meanings

1. (countable, uncountable) The act of secluding, shutting out or keeping apart.
   • Seclusion may be used only as a therapeutic measure to prevent a recipient from causing physical harm to himself or physical abuse to others. 1809, Laws of the State of Illinois Enacted by the ... General Assembly at the Extra Session .... (1992). United States: Illinois State Journal Company, State Printers.:
2. (countable, uncountable) The state of being secluded or shut out, as from company, society, the world, etc.; solitude.
   • Madame de Mercœur was at first unwilling that Francesca should share her seclusion; but her young companion was too much in earnest to be refused. Francesca was still depressed by her recent parting with Guido, and clung to Henriette as her only friend,—she would have felt so utterly alone with Marie; besides, she too wished to pray for the absent and the dear. 1834, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], chapter XVII, in Francesca Carrara. […], volume I, London: Richard Bentley, […], (successor to Henry Colburn), →OCLC, page 183:
3. (countable, uncountable) A secluded, isolated or private place.
4. (countable, uncountable) The mature phase of the extratropical cyclone life cycle.
   • warm seclusion

Forms

Deriveds

seclusionism · seclusionary · nonseclusion · seclusion lodge

Relateds

secluseness · seclusive · seclude · secluse · seclusionist

Synonyms

onlyhood · isolation · aloneness · solitude · onliness · isolation · oneship · onehead · solitariness · loneness · loneliness · aloneness · seclusion

Translations (27)

sh izolacija (act of secluding, or the state of being secluded; a shutting out or keeping apart, or the state of being shut out) · id seklusi (act of secluding, or the state of being secluded; a shutting out or keeping apart, or the state of being shut out) · el απομόνωση (act of secluding, or the state of being secluded; a shutting out or keeping apart, or the state of being shut out) · cmn 隔絕 /隔绝 (act of secluding, or the state of being secluded; a shutting out or keeping apart, or the state of being shut out) · bg уединеност (act of secluding, or the state of being secluded; a shutting out or keeping apart, or the state of being shut out) · he הִתְבּוֹדְדוּת (act of secluding, or the state of being secluded; a shutting out or keeping apart, or the state of being shut out) · fr séclusion (act of secluding, or the state of being secluded; a shutting out or keeping apart, or the state of being shut out) · cmn 隔離 /隔离 (act of secluding, or the state of being secluded; a shutting out or keeping apart, or the state of being shut out) · fr isolement (act of secluding, or the state of being secluded; a shutting out or keeping apart, or the state of being shut out) · mi here taratahi (act of secluding, or the state of being secluded; a shutting out or keeping apart, or the state of being shut out) · sh sekluzija (act of secluding, or the state of being secluded; a shutting out or keeping apart, or the state of being shut out) · pt reclusão (act of secluding, or the state of being secluded; a shutting out or keeping apart, or the state of being shut out) · de Abgeschiedenheit (act of secluding, or the state of being secluded; a shutting out or keeping apart, or the state of being shut out) · af afgesonderde plek (secluded place) · mi taratahitanga (act of secluding, or the state of being secluded; a shutting out or keeping apart, or the state of being shut out) · af afsondering (act of secluding, or the state of being secluded; a shutting out or keeping apart, or the state of being shut out) · bg уедине́ние (act of secluding, or the state of being secluded; a shutting out or keeping apart, or the state of being shut out) · ro izolare (act of secluding, or the state of being secluded; a shutting out or keeping apart, or the state of being shut out) · ru уедине́ние (act of secluding, or the state of being secluded; a shutting out or keeping apart, or the state of being shut out) · de Absonderung (act of secluding, or the state of being secluded; a shutting out or keeping apart, or the state of being shut out) · ga iargúltacht (secluded place) · es seclusión (act of secluding, or the state of being secluded; a shutting out or keeping apart, or the state of being shut out) · sv avskildhet (act of secluding, or the state of being secluded; a shutting out or keeping apart, or the state of being shut out) · fi vetäytyminen (act of secluding, or the state of being secluded; a shutting out or keeping apart, or the state of being shut out) · de Abschottung (act of secluding, or the state of being secluded; a shutting out or keeping apart, or the state of being shut out) · cmn 隱居 /隐居 (act of secluding, or the state of being secluded; a shutting out or keeping apart, or the state of being shut out) · bg изолация (act of secluding, or the state of being secluded; a shutting out or keeping apart, or the state of being shut out)