seclude

[si-klood]

verb (used with object)

secluded, secluding 

1. to place in or withdraw into solitude; remove from social contact and activity, etc.

2. to isolate; shut off; keep apart.

   They secluded the garden from the rest of the property.

seclude

/ sɪˈkluːd /

verb

1. to remove from contact with others

2. to shut off or screen from view

Other Word Forms

• unsecluding adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of seclude¹

1425–75; late Middle English < Latin sēclūdere, equivalent to sē- se- + -clūdere, combining form of claudere to close

Word History and Origins

Origin of seclude¹

C15: from Latin sēclūdere to shut off, from sē- + claudere to imprison

Example Sentences

Clandestine officers - under operation name Mayland - followed him to regular liaisons at a secluded woodland patch of land near the busy M4 motorway where several drugs exchanges were caught on camera.

From BBC

Club founder Nandi Owolo, 30, watched the revelry from a secluded lounge chair, sitting for the first time all day, and marveled at what her little club had become.

From Los Angeles Times

With the media, neighborhood and city’s eyes on his home, Gaon has further secluded himself and refused help, she said.

From Los Angeles Times

The rangers said the spots were so secluded that, over decades, they had never been able to find a monkey's body after this had happened.

From BBC

Nevertheless, doing so has its challenges as the helicopter must be flown very close to the wall of the canyon in order to lower the ropes down to the secluded pool below.

From Los Angeles Times

Related Words

• cloister 
• ostracize 
• sequester