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reclusion

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re⋅clu⋅sion

  [ri-kloo-zhuhn]
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–noun
1. the condition or life of a recluse.
2. an act of shutting or the state of being shut up in seclusion.
Origin:
1350–1400; ME < LL reclūsiōn- (s. of reclūsiō) a shutting off, equiv. to L reclūs(us) recluse + -iōn- -ion
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re·clu·sion   (rĭ-klōō'zhən)   
n.  

  1. The condition of being a recluse.

  2. The state of being in solitary confinement.

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