Another word for isolation
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Noun
The act or process of isolating
- The act or process of sequestering:
- The sequestering of property.
- The writ authorizing such sequestering.
- The act or process of moving apart or forcing something apart:
- The condition of being apart, especially the condition of two people who had lived together or been married living in different places.
- An interval or space that separates; a gap:
- The act or process of segregating or the condition of being segregated.
- The policy or practice of separating people of different races, classes, or ethnic groups, as in schools, housing, and public or commercial facilities, especially as a form of discrimination.
- The separation of paired alleles or homologous chromosomes, especially during meiosis, so that the members of each pair appear in different gametes.
- The act of insulating or the state of being insulated.
- A material or substance used in insulating:
See also:The quality or state of being alone
- The state or quality of being alone or remote from others:
- The state of being secluded or uninhabited:
- The state or quality of being solitary.
- A feeling of depression resulting from being alone.
- The condition or state of being lonely; solitude; seclusion.
- The state of being unfrequented.
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Another word for isolation
Noun
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- The act of insulating or the state of being insulated.
- A material or substance used in insulating:
- The quality or condition of being secluded from the presence or view of others:
- The state of being free from public attention or unsanctioned intrusion:
- Withdrawal from one's occupation or position, especially upon reaching a certain age.
- The age at which one withdraws from work or activity:
- The act of retiring or the state of being retired:
- The act or process of moving back or away, especially from something hazardous, formidable, or unpleasant:
- Withdrawal of a military force from a dangerous position or from an enemy attack.
- The process of receding from a position or of becoming smaller:
- A retreat or retirement:
- The removal of people from a place, as in the removal of troops from a military position.
- Detachment, as from social or emotional involvement.
- The quality of being remote.
- Deficiency or absence of light; darkness.
- The quality or condition of being unknown:
- One that is unknown.
- The condition of being self-sufficient.
- The act or process of moving apart or forcing something apart:
- The condition of being apart, especially the condition of two people who had lived together or been married living in different places.
- An interval or space that separates; a gap:
- A condition, period of time, or place in which a person, animal, plant, vehicle, or amount of material suspected of carrying an infectious agent is kept in confinement or isolated in an effort to prevent disease from spreading.
- An action resulting in such a condition:
- An action to isolate another nation, such as a blockade of its ports or a severance of diplomatic or trade relations.
- The act of confining or the state of being confined.
- Lying-in.
- The act or process of segregating or the condition of being segregated.
- The policy or practice of separating people of different races, classes, or ethnic groups, as in schools, housing, and public or commercial facilities, especially as a form of discrimination.
- The separation of paired alleles or homologous chromosomes, especially during meiosis, so that the members of each pair appear in different gametes.
- The act of secluding:
- The state of being secluded:
- A secluded place or abode.
- A feeling of depression resulting from being alone.
- The condition or state of being lonely; solitude; seclusion.
- The state of being unfrequented.
- The state or quality of being alone or remote from others:
- The state of being secluded or uninhabited:
- The act or process of disconnecting or detaching; separation.
- The state of being separate or detached.
- Indifference to or remoteness from the concerns of others; aloofness:
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