Tikibu: pronunciation dictionary with use examples

Word: seclusion
IPA transcription: [sɪkl'uʒən]
Pronunciations of seclusion
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noun meaning of the word
  • Synonyms: seclusion
    Meaning: the act of secluding yourself from others
  • Synonyms: privacy, privateness, seclusion
    Meaning: the quality of being secluded from the presence or view of others
Usage examples
  • "Well--to ask you to keep in seclusion."
  • On her command I came to break up this seclusion of yours.
  • She was fond of society and gaiety, he wanted quiet and seclusion.
  • She was not an invalid, and she lived in seclusion from no love-disappointment.
  • Mr. Adams's communication was pigeon-holed, and remained in seclusion for eight or nine months.
  • During the summer I shall be learning step by step to live this new life, in complete seclusion at Gleneesh.
  • A sudden residence in a vast metropolis, after a life of rural seclusion, has without doubt a very peculiar effect upon the mind.
  • How boundless are the opportunities of Kensington Gardens--the Round Pond, the winding Serpentine, the mysterious seclusion of the Dutch brick Palace!
  • Far from being kept in oriental seclusion, like her Athenian sister, she was at liberty to receive and dine with the friends of her husband, and to appear in public whenever she desired.
  • As the Spanish ladies are under a greater seclusion from general society, than the sex is in other European countries, their desires of an adequate degree of liberty are consequently more strong and urgent.
0. Word pronunciation is derived from article recording Jane Cobden, License CC BY-SA 4.0