Seclusion

Quick meaning: Seclusion is a noun meaning The act of secluding, shutting out or keeping apart.

Meaning

The act of secluding, shutting out or keeping apart.

More Meanings

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

Example Sentences

warm seclusion

Seclusion may be used only as a therapeutic measure to prevent a recipient from causing physical harm to himself or physical abuse to others.

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.

Word Forms

• seclusions

Synonyms for seclusion

Depending on context, synonyms include aloneness, isolation, loneliness, loneness, onehead, oneship.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include privacy, privateness, isolation, reclusion, isolationism, retirement.

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