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seclusion

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noun/səˈkluːʒən/
  1. 1

    The act of secluding, shutting out or keeping apart.countableuncountable

    • Seclusion may be used only as a therapeutic measure to prevent a recipient from causing physical harm to himself or physical abuse to others.
  2. 2

    The state of being secluded or shut out, as from company, society, the world, etc.; solitude.countableuncountable

    • Madame de Mercœur was at first unwilling that Francesca should share her seclusion; but her young companion was too much in earnest to be refused. Francesca was still depressed by her recent parting with Guido, and clung to Henriette as her
  3. 3

    A secluded, isolated or private place.countableuncountable

  4. 4

    The mature phase of the extratropical cyclone life cycle.countableuncountable

    • warm seclusion

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