seclude

se·clude

transitive verb \si-ˈklüd\

se·clud·edse·clud·ing

Definition of SECLUDE

1

obsolete : to exclude from a privilege, rank, or dignity : debar

2

: to remove or separate from intercourse or outside influence : isolate

3

: shut off, screen

Examples of SECLUDE

1. He secluded himself in his room to study for the exam.
2. <the patients will be secluded until they are no longer contagious>

Origin of SECLUDE

Middle English, to cut off (from), from Latin secludere to separate, seclude, from se- apart + claudere to close — more at secede, close

First Known Use: circa 1533

Related to SECLUDE

Synonyms

cut off, insulate, isolate, segregate, separate, sequester

Antonyms

desegregate, integrate, reintegrate

Related Words

quarantine; confine, immure, incarcerate, intern, jail, lock (up), restrain, restrict; abstract, detach, disengage, remove; detain, hold, keep

Near Antonyms

assimilate, associate, connect, join, link, unite; discharge, free, liberate, loose, release

Rhymes with SECLUDE

allude, blood feud, collude, conclude, delude, denude, elude, exclude, extrude, exude, fast-food, health food, include, intrude, junk food, obtrude, occlude, plant food, postlude, preclude, prelude, protrude, quaalude, seafood, subdued, transude, unglued