seclude

[ si-klood ]

verb (used with object)

, se·clud·ed, se·clud·ing.

1. to place in or withdraw into solitude; remove from social contact and activity, etc.
2. to isolate; shut off; keep apart:

   They secluded the garden from the rest of the property.

seclude

/ sɪˈkluːd /

verb

1. to remove from contact with others
2. to shut off or screen from view

Other Words From

• unse·cluding adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of seclude¹

1425–75; late Middle English < Latin sēclūdere, equivalent to sē- se- + -clūdere, combining form of claudere to close

Word History and Origins

Origin of seclude¹

C15: from Latin sēclūdere to shut off, from sē- + claudere to imprison

Example Sentences

The mountain is secluded and can be cold and windy quite often but the terrain is unmatched, along with the mountain’s commitment to their clientele.

From Outside Online

We were again in the middle of a lonely place, secluded like an intruder.

From Washington Blade

ISBE found that in nearly 11,000 of those incidents, school workers identified no safety risk before secluding or restraining a student, as required by state law.

From ProPublica

He had been secluded as a child and has spoken about the harm it caused.

From ProPublica

Sahar spent the initial three months of her marriage crying and secluding herself from the rest of the village.

From No Straight News

He had not yet begun to seclude himself, and he and his companions seemed to be trying to make the best of their situation.

From Project Gutenberg

She seemed anxious to seclude herself from the world, and to seek to drown her grief in the solitude she had formerly avoided.

From Project Gutenberg

It had led him to seclude himself from the gay little Delisleville world and cut himself off from young friendships.

From Project Gutenberg

This is merely an iron pot, with a close fitting flange lid so as to seclude all dust and ashes, and we used it in this way.

From Project Gutenberg

Darling, how I hate to seclude you from the gaze of men because I am too poor to adorn you like the rest.

From Project Gutenberg

Related Words

• cloister
• ostracize
• sequester