seclusion

See also: séclusion

English

Etymology

From Medieval Latin, from Latin seclusio, from secludere.

Pronunciation

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• Rhymes: -uːʒən

Noun

seclusion (countable and uncountable, plural seclusions)

1. The act of secluding, shutting out or keeping apart.
2. The state of being secluded or shut out, as from company, society, the world, etc.; solitude.
3. A secluded, isolated or private place.
4. (meteorology) The mature phase of the extratropical cyclone life cycle.

   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

• French: isolement (fr) m, séclusion (fr) f
• German: Abgeschiedenheit (de) f
• Greek: απομόνωση (el) f (apomónosi)
• Hebrew: הִתְבּוֹדְדוּת‎ f (hitbodedút)
• Maori: taratahitanga, here taratahi (In prison etc)

• Portuguese: reclusão (pt) f
• Russian: уедине́ние (ru) (ujedinénije)
• Serbo-Croatian: sekluzija (sh), izolacija (sh)
• Swedish: avskildhet (sv)

A secluded place

References

• seclusion in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.

Anagrams

• leucosins