Definitions for seclusion

seclusion se·clu·sion

Spelling: [si-kloo-zhuh n]
IPA: /sɪˈklu ʒən/

Seclusion is a 9 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 11 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 15 points.

You can make 450 anagrams from letters in seclusion (ceilnossu).

Definitions for seclusion

noun

  1. an act of secluding:
  2. the state of being secluded; retirement; solitude:
  3. a secluded place.

Origin of seclusion

1615-25; Medieval Latin sēclūsiōn- (stem of sēclūsiō) Latin sēclūs(us) (past participle of sēclūdere to seclude) + -iōn- -ion

Examples for seclusion

When Scottish author Candia McWilliam lost her sight at the age of 52, she could have sunk deeper into her seclusion.

Ibrahim says he repeatedly wrote letters asking for his son to be taken out of seclusion.

His latter years were spent in seclusion, and he died at Farnham on June 25th, 1879.

Mortenson has been in seclusion since, citing ailing health.

I shut myself into this place of seclusion, after breakfast, and meditate.

Should they be seeking to bridge the gap between the hearing and deaf communities or maintain a stance of isolation and seclusion?

Never did she appear more beautiful than when, in 1788, she reappeared after her seclusion.

He was not the less alone for having spent so many years in seclusion and retirement.

She would stay undisturbed in her seclusion, keeping her festival alone.

For his part, Mortenson has remained in seclusion and released only opaque statements, mainly through his charity.

Word Value for seclusion
Scrable

11

Words with friends

15

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