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se·clu·sion

   [si-kloo-zhuhn]
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; < Medieval Latin sēclūsiōn- (stem of sēclūsiō) < Latin sēclūs(us) (past participle of sēclūdere to seclude) + -iōn- -ion

Related forms
non·se·clu·sion, noun
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seclusion (sɪˈkluːʒən)
 
—n
1.  the act of secluding or the state of being secluded
2.  a secluded place
 
[C17: from Medieval Latin sēclūsiō; see seclude]

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