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English Dictionary: seclusion by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
seclusion
n
  1. the quality of being secluded from the presence or view of others
    Synonym(s): privacy, privateness, seclusion
  2. the act of secluding yourself from others
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Seclusion \Se*clu"sion\, n. [See {Seclude}.]
      The act of secluding, or the state of being secluded;
      separation from society or connection; a withdrawing;
      privacy; as, to live in seclusion.
  
               O blest seclusion from a jarring world, which he, thus
               occupied, enjoys!                                    --Cowper.
  
      Syn: Solitude; separation; withdrawment; retirement; privacy.
               See {Solitude}.
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