Another word for solitude
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Another word for solitude
Noun
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- An isolating or being isolated
- The quality or condition of being isolated:
- The act of isolating:
- The state of being secluded:
- The act of secluding:
- A secluding or being secluded; retirement; isolation; privacy
- Withdrawal from one's occupation or position, especially upon reaching a certain age.
- A retiring or being retired; specif., withdrawal from work, business, etc. because of age
- The portion of one's life after retiring from one's career.
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- Seclusion suggests retirement or confinement from intercourse with the outside world, as by remaining in one's home, a remote place, etc. lived in seclusion to avoid publicity
- Isolation suggests physical separation from others, often an involuntary detachment resulting from the force of circumstances the isolation of a forest ranger
- Solitude refers to the state of one who is completely alone, cut off from all human contact, and sometimes stresses the loneliness of such a condition the solitude of a hermit
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