noun
- the state of living alone and avoiding other people; seclusion
Usage: formal
Examples
- After the scandal, he chose a life of reclusion in the countryside.
- The author’s reclusion from public life only added to her mystique.
- Years of reclusion had made him uncomfortable around strangers.
- She emerged from her reclusion to attend her daughter’s wedding.
- The monastery offered him the perfect environment for reclusion.
- His reclusion was voluntary, not imposed by others.