reclusion
Living apart deliberately
Reclusion is the state of living in seclusion, withdrawn from society.
It suggests deliberate isolation—a hermit's reclusion, a writer's reclusion to finish a novel.
The word is more formal than seclusion and often implies a more complete withdrawal: After the scandal, he retreated into reclusion.
Complete separation from others
- withdrawalAct of taking away
- solitudeState of being alone
- hermitageSecluded religious dwelling
- retreatSanctuary or withdrawal
privacy · aloneness · separateness · detachment · aloofness · remoteness · solitariness · loneliness
Religious seclusion dwelling
- cloisterCovered monastic walkway
- conventReligious sisters' dwelling
- abbeyMonastic house of worship
- ashramHindu spiritual retreat
hermitage · cell · contemplation · meditation · prayer · asceticism · renunciation · vow
Total lack of sound
- stillnessComplete lack of motion
- tranquilityUndisturbed peacefulness
- serenityUndisturbed mental quietude
- peacefulnessState of quiet tranquility
calmness · hush · repose · restfulness · undisturbed · soundlessness · placidity · quietness
Scrutiny of one's thoughts
- reflectionReturned light or thought
- contemplationSustained reflective attention
- soul-searchingProbing one's innermost feelings
- meditationFocused attention practice
rumination · self-awareness · mindfulness · pondering · musing · self-discovery · journaling · brooding
isolation
Complete separation from others
- withdrawalAct of taking away
- solitudeState of being alone
- hermitageSecluded religious dwelling
retreat · privacy · aloneness · separateness · detachment · aloofness · remoteness · solitariness · loneliness · desolation
monastery
Religious seclusion dwelling
ashram · hermitage · cell · contemplation · meditation · prayer · asceticism · renunciation · vow · silence
silence
Total lack of sound
- stillnessComplete lack of motion
- tranquilityUndisturbed peacefulness
- serenityUndisturbed mental quietude
peacefulness · calmness · hush · repose · restfulness · undisturbed · soundlessness · placidity · quietness · refuge
self-examination
Scrutiny of one's thoughts
- reflectionReturned light or thought
- contemplationSustained reflective attention
- soul-searchingProbing one's innermost feelings
meditation · rumination · self-awareness · mindfulness · pondering · musing · self-discovery · journaling · brooding
- solitudesolitude, alone, isolation, aloneness, solo
- isolation typesisolation, quarantine, lockdown, confinement, solitude
- Six Dynastiesbamboo grove, epitaphs
- melancholysadness, sorrow, gloom, woe, dejection
- disconnectiondisconnection, unplug, detach, sever, separation
reclusionsociability
Tendency toward friendly interaction
gregariousness · socialization · conviviality · companionship · mingling
reclusionpublic life
Existence in societal view
publicity · prominence · fame · celebrity · notoriety
reclusionengagement
Commitment to wed or attend
participation · involvement · immersion · busyness · worldliness