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Seclusion

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se⋅clu⋅sion

  [si-kloo-zhuhn]
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–noun
1. an act of secluding.
2. the state of being secluded; retirement; solitude: He sought seclusion in his study.
3. a secluded place.
Origin:
1615–25; < ML sēclūsiōn- (s. of sēclūsiō) < L sēclūs(us) (ptp. of sēclūdere to seclude ) + -iōn- -ion
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se·clu·sion   (sĭ-klōō'zhən)   
n.  

    1. The act of secluding.

    2. The state of being secluded. See Synonyms at solitude.

  2. A secluded place or abode.


[Medieval Latin sēclūsiō, sēclūsiōn-, from Latin sēclūsus, past participle of sēclūdere, to seclude; see seclude.]
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