seclusion

See also: séclusion

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EnglishEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Medieval Latin, from Latin seclusio, from secludere.

PronunciationEdit

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• Rhymes: -uːʒən

NounEdit

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.; retirement; privacy; solitude.
3. A secluded, isolated or private place.
4. (meteorology) The mature phase of the extratropical cyclone life cycle.

   warm seclusion

Related termsEdit

• seclude
• secluse
• secluseness
• seclusionist
• seclusive

TranslationsEdit

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 f
• Greek: απομόνωση (el) f (apomónosi)
• Maori: taratahitanga

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

A secluded place

ReferencesEdit

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

AnagramsEdit

• leucosins