Seclusion Meaning
/səˈkluːʒən/Definition, CEFR level C1, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.
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Definition
nounThe act of secluding, shutting out or keeping apart.
nounThe state of being secluded or shut out, as from company, society, the world, etc.; solitude.
Sentence Examples
She lives in rural seclusion.
Mary spent her girlhood in seclusion.
Tom lives in seclusion and rarely sees anyone.
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CEFR Practice Quiz
The monk lived in ____ for many years, rarely speaking to anyone.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
The writer retreated into ____ for six months to finish her novel without distraction.
Word Origin & History
From Medieval Latin, from Latin seclusio, from secludere.
Literary Quotations & Historical Citations
"Seclusion may be used only as a therapeutic measure to prevent a recipient from causing physical harm to himself or physical abuse to others."
— 1809, Laws of the State of Illinois Enacted by the ... General Assembly at the Extra Session .... (1992). United States: Illinois State Journal Company, State Printers.:
"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."
— 1834, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], chapter XVII, in Francesca Carrara. […], volume I, London: Richard Bentley, […], (successor to Henry Colburn), →OCLC, page 183:
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CEFR Practice Quiz
The monk lived in ____ for many years, rarely speaking to anyone.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
The writer retreated into ____ for six months to finish her novel without distraction.