seclusion
IPA: sɪkɫˈuʒʌn
noun
- The act of secluding, shutting out or keeping apart.
- The state of being secluded or shut out, as from company, society, the world, etc.; solitude.
- A secluded, isolated or private place.
- (meteorology) The mature phase of the extratropical cyclone life cycle.
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Examples of "seclusion" in Sentences
- Parents are in seclusion from the media.
- The soldier showed seclusion to the public.
- The rest of the year, they remain in seclusion.
- He was also known to love seclusion and quietness.
- At most other times of the year the hall retains its seclusion.
- They are still maintaining a social seclusion by practicing endogamy.
- The atmosphere of the McCarthy era pushed him into a greater seclusion.
- He is training in seclusion and lives in a small house in the mountains.
- Nery spent the last years of her life in increasing depression and seclusion.
- Kakuma is the Swahili word for nowhere, epitomizing the seclusion of the area.
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