seclusion
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seclusion
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- The act of secluding or the state of being secluded: reclusion, retirement, sequestration. See include/exclude.
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IN BRIEF: Removing oneself; isolating oneself.
History shows that the majority of people that have done anything great have passed their youth in seclusion.
— Thomas Carlyle (1795-1881), Scottish historian.
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