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solitude

[ sol-i-tood, -tyood ]

noun

  1. the state of being or living alone; seclusion:

    to enjoy one's solitude.

    Synonyms: privacy, retirement

  2. remoteness from habitations, as of a place; absence of human activity:

    the solitude of the mountains.

    Synonyms: loneliness

  3. a lonely, unfrequented place:

    a solitude in the mountains.

    Synonyms: wilderness, desert



solitude

/ ˈsɒlɪˌtjuːd /

noun

  1. the state of being solitary or secluded
  2. poetic.
    a solitary place


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Derived Forms

  • ˌsoliˈtudinous, adjective

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Other Words From

  • sol·i·tu·di·nous [sol-i-, tood, -n-, uh, s, -, tyood, -], adjective

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Word History and Origins

Origin of solitude1

First recorded in 1325–75; Middle English, from Middle French, from Latin sōlitūdō. See soli- 1, -tude

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Word History and Origins

Origin of solitude1

C14: from Latin sōlitūdō, from sōlus alone, sole 1

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Synonym Study

Solitude, isolation refer to a state of being or living alone. Solitude emphasizes the quality of being or feeling lonely and deserted: to live in solitude. Isolation may mean merely a detachment and separation from others: to be put in isolation with an infectious disease.

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Example Sentences

Perhaps some of that solitude and bitterness found its way into Alec Leamas.

The Dude is at his happiest when he has a few minutes of solitude and rest to get high and listen to whale sounds.

Solitude activates the imagination, and invites introspection.

Adam (Tom Hiddleston), the vampire composer, seeks solitude and people willing to trade him his blood fix.

If you thought qualifications for being a hermit were a tendency toward solitude and dislike of civilization, think again.

Was he really condemned to an eternal solitude because of the girl who had died so many years ago?

Prud'hon, in humiliation and despair, lived in a solitude almost complete.

He walked on, and thought of the rapt liberty of the soul in the sweet serenities of beautiful solitude.

No, poor thing, I fear she has anxieties of her own just now, she seeks solitude a good deal.

Then he would burst rudely into my solitude and while I sopped cold water over his injured members, he would blubber.

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