MEANING
A state of being apart from others or shielded from public contact.
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Words that belong together
- live in seclusion
- rural seclusion
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The household maintained its seclusion through every season.
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- seclusion
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Primary category: horror / gothic. Forms: Usually uncountable; no ordinary plural in this sense. Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings. Established modern English lexical item. No separate regional spelling or grammatical inflection entry. Commonness: moderately common.
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