Recluse

[rɪ'kluːs] or ['rɛklus]

Definition

(adj.) withdrawn from society; seeking solitude; 'lived an unsocial reclusive life' .

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Definition

(a.) Shut up; sequestered; retired from the world or from public notice; solitary; living apart; as, a recluse monk or hermit; a recluse life.

(a.) A person who lives in seclusion from intercourse with the world, as a hermit or monk; specifically, one of a class of secluded devotees who live in single cells, usually attached to monasteries.

(a.) The place where a recluse dwells.

(v. t.) To shut up; to seclude.

Checker: Rhonda

Synonyms and Synonymous

n. Hermit, anchoret, solitary, solitaire, anchorite, EREMITE.

Editor: Roxanne

Synonyms and Antonyms

SYN:Shut, sequestered, retired, apart, solitary, conventual, regular, dissocial

ANT:Public, exposed, frequented, social, secular, unsequestered, convivial,companionable

Checked by Danny

Definition

adj. secluded: retired: solitary.—n. one shut up or secluded: one who lives retired from the world: a religious devotee living in a single cell generally attached to a monastery.—adv. Recluse′ly in retirement or seclusion from society.—ns. Recluse′ness seclusion from society: retirement; Reclu′sion religious retirement or seclusion: the life of a recluse.—adj. Reclu′sive (Shak.) affording retirement or seclusion.—n. Reclu′sory a recluse's cell.

Edited by Bernice