Solitude

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noun

Etymology: Middle English, from Middle French & Latin; Middle French, from Latin solitudin-, solitudo, from solus
Date: 14th century
1. the quality or state of being alone or remote from society ; seclusion
2. a lonely place (as a desert)
Synonyms:
- solitude, isolation, seclusion mean the state of one who is alone. solitude may imply a condition of being apart from all human beings or of being cut off by wish or circumstances from one's usual associates <a few quiet hours of solitude>. isolation stresses detachment from others often involuntarily<the isolation of the village in winter>. seclusion suggests a shutting away or keeping apart from others often connoting deliberate withdrawal from the world or retirement to a quiet life<lived in pastoral seclusion>.