reclusion

See also: reclusión and réclusion

English

Etymology

From recluse +‎ -ion.

Noun

reclusion (countable and uncountable, plural reclusions)

1. Life as a recluse.
   • 2008 May 18, Stephen Metcalf, “Provence Profound”, in New York Times‎:

     Every few years, a fresh wave of urbanites head north for a restorative of wilderness reclusion and pioneer roughing it, only to be made fun of by their predecessors as despoilers and effete poseurs.

Translations

Life as a recluse

Bulgarian: отшелничество (bg) n (otšelničestvo) Russian: отше́льничество (ru) n (otšélʹničestvo)

See also

• seclusion
• recusal

Anagrams

• Cornelius, inclosure, suriclone