SECLUSION
Dictionary entry overview: What does seclusion mean?
• SECLUSION (noun)
The noun SECLUSION has 2 senses:
1. the quality of being secluded from the presence or view of others
2. the act of secluding yourself from others
Familiarity information: SECLUSION used as a noun is rare.
Dictionary entry details
• SECLUSION (noun)
Meaning:
The quality of being secluded from the presence or view of others
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Synonyms:
privacy; seclusion; privateness
Hypernyms ("seclusion" is a kind of...):
reclusiveness (a disposition to prefer seclusion or isolation)
Meaning:
The act of secluding yourself from others
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("seclusion" is a kind of...):
separation (the social act of separating or parting company)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "seclusion"):
cocooning (retreating to the seclusion of your home (as for privacy or escape))
"Liquor before beer and you're in the clear. Beer before liquor and you'll never be sicker." (English proverb)
"No death without reason." (Bhutanese proverb)
"Give a man some cloth and he'll ask for some lining." (Arabic proverb)
"Next to fire, straw isn't good." (Corsican proverb)
