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Webster 1913 Edition
Seclusion
Se-clu′sion
,Noun.
[See
Seclude
.] The act of secluding, or the state of being secluded; separation from society or connection; a withdrawing; privacy;
as, to live in
. seclusion
O blest
seclusion
from a jarring world, which he, thus occupied, enjoys! Cowper.
Syn. – Solitude; separation; withdrawment; retirement; privacy. See
Solitude
. Webster 1828 Edition
Seclusion
SECLU'SION
,Noun.
Definition 2024
seclusion
seclusion
English
Noun
seclusion (plural seclusions)
- the act of secluding, shutting out or keeping apart
- the state of being secluded or shut out, as from company, society, the world, etc.
- retirement
- privacy
- solitude
- a secluded, isolated or private place
- (meteorology) mature phase of the extratropical cyclone lifecycle
- warm seclusion
Related terms
- seclude
- secluse
- secluseness
- seclusionist
- seclusive
Translations
The act of secluding, or the state of being secluded; a shutting out or keeping apart, or the state of being shut out
A secluded place
References
- seclusion in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911