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reclusion

[ri-kloo-zhuhn]

noun

the condition or life of a recluse.

an act of shutting or the state of being shut up in seclusion.

Origin:
1350–1400; Middle English < Late Latin reclūsiōn- (stem of reclūsiō) a shutting off, equivalent to Latin reclūs(us) recluse + -iōn- -ion

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recluse (rɪˈkluːs)

—n
1.	a person who lives in seclusion
2.	a person who lives in solitude to devote himself to prayer and religious meditation; a hermit, anchorite, or anchoress

—*adj*
3.	solitary; retiring

[C13: from Old French reclus, from Late Latin reclūdere to shut away, from Latin re- + claudere to close]

reclusion

—n

re'clusive

—*adj*

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