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seclusion

[ si-kloo-zhuhn ]

noun

  1. an act of secluding:

    the seclusion of unruly students.

  2. the state of being secluded; retirement; solitude:

    He sought seclusion in his study.

  3. a secluded place.


seclusion

/ ²õɪˈ°ì±ô³ÜËÏôÉ™²Ô /

noun

  1. the act of secluding or the state of being secluded
  2. a secluded place
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  • ²Ô´Ç²Ôî€È´±ð·³¦±ô³Üs¾±´Ç²Ô noun
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of seclusion1

1615–25; < Medieval Latin ²õŧ³¦±ôÅ«²õ¾±Å²Ô- (stem of ²õŧ³¦±ôÅ«²õ¾±Å ) < Latin ²õŧ³¦±ôÅ«²õ ( us ) (past participle of ²õŧ³¦±ôÅ«»å±ð°ù±ð to seclude ) + -¾±Å²Ô- -ion
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of seclusion1

C17: from Medieval Latin ²õŧ³¦±ôÅ«²õ¾±Å; see seclude
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A flashback shows the pair arguing over their living situation; he’s enthusiastic about relocating the family to the farmhouse, and she’s preemptively suffocating from seclusion’s effects on her work as an artist.

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In other words, on a matter of top national security concern — U.S.-Russian relations — a “cone of seclusion†was created, effectively leaving it to the two presidents to make decisions in secret.

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“The concerts help me to escape whenever the seclusion of working on an album becomes too much,†she says in Spanish that sounds just as melodious as her singing.

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For some, Altadena’s draw has been the seclusion it offers, nestled in the foothills of the San Gabriel Mountains, straddling the line between urban and wild.

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The area became sought after by celebrities and the wealthy in the 20th Century because of its seclusion and access to nature, compared to the increasingly urbanised Los Angeles.

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