RECLUSION
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reclusion
n. solitude, loneliness; seclusion, state of being set apart from society

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réclusion
nf. reclusion, solitude, loneliness

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reclusión
nf. reclusion, seclusion

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Reclusion
(n.)
A state of retirement from the world; seclusion.
  

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reclusión
(n.) = retention ; captivity ; retreat ; committal ; reclusion ; internment.
Ex: Even in prisons nowadays the enlightened gaoler aims at more than custodial retention: he aims at education.
Ex: The article is entitled 'Freedom in captivity'.
Ex: The retreat, held in an off-campus community room during the Christmas break following an unusually hectic autumn term, lasted a full day.
Ex: The book starts with the author's mother being taken away for committal to a mental asylum.
Ex: Much of his later life he lived in reclusion, loneliness, poor health, and despair.
Ex: The human costs of these internment operations are, of course, incalculable.
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* campo de reclusión = internment camp .
* propenso a la reclusión = reclusive.
* reclusión de las mujeres = purdah.
* reclusión perpetua = life imprisonment.



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