seclusion

Etymology

From Medieval Latin, from Latin seclusio, from secludere.

noun

1. The act of secluding, shutting out or keeping apart.
   Seclusion may be used only as a therapeutic measure to prevent a recipient from causing physical harm to himself or physical abuse to others. 1809, Laws of the State of Illinois Enacted by the ... General Assembly at the Extra Session .... (1992). United States: Illinois State Journal Company, State Printers.
2. The state of being secluded or shut out, as from company, society, the world, etc.; solitude.
3. A secluded, isolated or private place.
4. (meteorology) The mature phase of the extratropical cyclone life cycle.
   warm seclusion