Category:Seclusion

Se*clu"sion, n. Etym: [see seclude.]

Defn: the act of secluding, or the state of being secluded; Separation from society or connection; a withdrawing; privacy; as, to Live in seclusion. O blest seclusion from a jarring world, which he, thus occupied, Enjoys! Cowper.

Syn. -- solitude; separation; withdrawment; retirement; privacy. See Solitude.