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

/ sɪˈkluːʒən /

noun

1. the act of secluding or the state of being secluded
2. a secluded place

Other Words From

• nonse·clusion noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of seclusion¹

1615–25; < Medieval Latin sēclūsiōn- (stem of sēclūsiō ) < Latin sēclūs ( us ) (past participle of sēclūdere to seclude ) + -iōn- -ion

Word History and Origins

Origin of seclusion¹

C17: from Medieval Latin sēclūsiō; see seclude

Example Sentences

In Illinois, school employees reported using seclusion or restraint at least 23,530 times on at least 5,197 students.

From ProPublica

New federal data, released last month, confirmed widespread use of seclusion and restraint in Illinois and across the country in 2017-18, the most recent year for which data was collected.

From ProPublica

Lawmakers vowed to further restrict the use of seclusion and restraint and ban some restraints, but they have not done so.

From ProPublica

The data shows that seclusion and restraint are disproportionately used on students with disabilities and on boys.

From ProPublica

There’s solitude and seclusion, and how you feel about that makes a difference.

From Nautilus

Ibrahim says he repeatedly wrote letters asking for his son to be taken out of seclusion.

From The Daily Beast

On a bluff overlooking the sea, he pitched a tent and lived there for the next year in near total seclusion.

From The Daily Beast

But his period of monastic seclusion officially comes to an end on Thursday.

From The Daily Beast

Should they be seeking to bridge the gap between the hearing and deaf communities or maintain a stance of isolation and seclusion?

From The Daily Beast

Idi Amin of Uganda, for one, died in the Kingdom after many years of quiet but apparently comfortable seclusion.

From The Daily Beast

And now commenced a life of seclusion and retirement, which both of them enjoyed from its very novelty.

From Project Gutenberg

With them she spent a year, in a seclusion from the world almost as entire as that which she found in the solitude of the convent.

From Project Gutenberg

The seclusion in which she lived encouraged deep musings upon these vast inequalities of life.

From Project Gutenberg

In 1822 this "deserted woman" had lived for three years in the most rigid seclusion at Courcelles near Bayeux.

From Project Gutenberg

Mazaroff refrained from following, saying that he would smoke a cigarette in the seclusion of the garden.

From Project Gutenberg

Related Words

• hiding
• remoteness
• solitude