isolation

Noun
Synonyms: closing off

WordNet 3.0

Noun (5)

  1. a state of separation between persons or groups
  2. a feeling of being disliked and alone
  3. the act of isolating something; setting something apart from othersSynonyms: closing off
  4. (psychiatry) a defense mechanism in which memory of an unacceptable act or impulse is separated from the emotion originally associated with it
  5. a country's withdrawal from international politics“he opposed a policy of American isolation”
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Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)

Isolation \I`so*la"tion\ ([imac]`s[-o]*l[=a]"sh[u^]n), n. [Cf. F. isolation.] The act of isolating, or the state of being isolated; insulation; separation; loneliness. --Milman. [1913 Webster]
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