Hypertext Webster Gateway: "seclusion"
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}.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
seclusion
n 1: the quality of being secluded from the presence or view of
others [syn: {privacy}, {privateness}]
2: the act of secluding yourself from others
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