transcription, транскрипция: [ ˈsä-lə-ˌtüd, -ˌtyüd ]
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