seclusion | meaning of seclusion in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English | LDOCE

From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishseclusionse‧clu‧sion /sɪˈkluːʒən/ noun    [uncountable]SEPARATE the state of being private and away from other people  They enjoyed ten days of peace and seclusion.in seclusion  He preferred to stay at home in seclusion.seclusion of  the relative seclusion of the Norfolk countrysideExamples from the Corpusseclusion• They stayed at a friend's beach house and enjoyed ten days of peace and seclusion.• Bonnie Hanssen has been in seclusion since the arrest of her husband.• He is drugged and placed in seclusion.• Milosevic, who has remained in seclusion for the past two weeks, has yet to make any public pronouncement.• The thing that drove him into seclusion was his failure to find anywhere a return of the warmth that flowed from him.in seclusion• The victim's family has remained in seclusion since the shooting.