seclusion
nounEtymology
From Medieval Latin, from Latin seclusio, from secludere.
- derived from seclusio
Definitions
The act of secluding, shutting out or keeping apart.
- Seclusion may be used only as a therapeutic measure to prevent a recipient from causing physical harm to himself or physical abuse to others.
The state of being secluded or shut out, as from company, society, the world, etc.
The state of being secluded or shut out, as from company, society, the world, etc.; solitude.
A secluded, isolated or private place.
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The mature phase of the extratropical cyclone life cycle.
- warm seclusion
The neighborhood
- neighborseclude
- neighborsecluse
- neighborsecluseness
- neighborseclusionist
- neighborseclusive
Derived
Vish — recursive loop
A definitional loop anchored at seclusion. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.
A definitional loop anchored at seclusion. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.
7 hops · closes at seclusion
curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.
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