1.
[syn: privacy, privateness, seclusion]
2. the act of secluding yourself from others;
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Seclusion \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.
[1913 Webster]
O blest seclusion from a jarring world, which he, thus
occupied, enjoys! --Cowper.
[1913 Webster]
Syn: Solitude; separation; withdrawment; retirement; privacy.
See Solitude.
[1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
seclusion
n 1: the quality of being secluded from the presence or view of
others [syn: privacy, privateness, seclusion]
2: the act of secluding yourself from others