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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