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Webster 1913 Edition

(rē̍-klū′zhŭn)

Noun.

[LL.

reclusio

: cf. F.

reclusion

A state of retirement from the world; seclusion.

Noun.

s as z. A state of retirement from the world; seclusion.

See also: reclusión and réclusion

reclusion ‎(countable and uncountable, plural reclusions)

Life as a recluse.
- 2008 May 18, Stephen Metcalf, “Provence Profound”, in New York Times:
  Every few years, a fresh wave of urbanites head north for a restorative of wilderness reclusion and pioneer roughing it, only to be made fun of by their predecessors as despoilers and effete poseurs.

Life as a recluse