Definition of solitude
1 : the quality or state of being alone or remote from society : seclusion
2 : a lonely place (such as a desert)
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Examples of solitude in a Sentence
She wished to work on her novel in solitude.
He enjoyed the peace and solitude of the woods.
Recent Examples of solitude from the Web
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The mental solitude and internal dialogues could be very damaging without having an ear to scream into.
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A convergence of computer hackers and traditional artisans, the niche is established enough to have its own magazine, Make, as well as hands-on Maker Faires that are catnip for DIYers who used to toil in solitude.
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The works from this period are threaded together by themes of solitude and invisibility associated with black womanhood.
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But his clichéd life is rendered in clichés; his feral survivalism and his extended solitude are grossly oversimplified and underimagined.
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Ms. Gowins-Sowells was crumbling in solitude in her bedroom, lost in herself.
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(Maybe the true fortress of solitude is … his heart.)
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Nearly every image of Coretta Scott King since her husband’s death has seemed suffused with preternatural stillness, her face fixed with the brave solitude of timeless interior bereavement.
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The dual portrait of mother and daughter, of lives unmoored, by accident or by design, bares the solitude and the mourning implicit in Akerman’s do-it-yourself style.
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Origin and Etymology of solitude
Middle English, from Middle French & Latin; Middle French, from Latin solitudin-, solitudo, from solus
First Known Use: 14th century
Synonym Discussion of solitude
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: a state or situation in which you are alone usually because you want to be
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