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• n  the quality of being secluded from the presence or view of others
• n  the act of secluding yourself from others

• Last week Lawsonomy-Founder Lawson was called out of seclusion and summoned to Washington to appear before the Senate Small Business Committee.
• At the age of 86, having served 23 terms in the House of Representatives, he feels that he has earned the right to spend the rest of his life in the quiet seclusion of Danville .
• Instead, nearly three years after a helicopter lifted him off the White House lawn and into seclusion at his San Clemente retreat, he appears in a four-part TV series, The .

• privacy
• privateness

News & Articles

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• Beavers face elimination at noon today
  A day after losing its College World Series opener, Oregon State practiced in relative seclusion Sunday at Bellevue East High School, located in a suburb of Omaha.
  June 17, 2013 - Salem Statesman Journal
• Echo Park Lake reopens after two-year makeover
  Hundreds of Angelenos rush into the park, welcoming it back after the dredging and rebuilding. The lake upgrade includes new wetlands, boardwalk embankments and lotuses. What do you do when an old friend undergoes an expensive and major surgery, remains in seclusion for two years and now is stripping off most of the bandages?        
  June 16, 2013 - Los Angeles Times
• Where Are They Now? 5 Former WWE Champions
  COMMENTARY | After toiling for decades under the bright lights of professional wrestling, many wrestlers enjoy the seclusion of retirement. However, other wrestlers have a difficult time letting go and continue performing in smaller promotions long past their primes. This is also true of former WWE Champions from long ago, who engage in a variety of activities in their golden years.
  June 14, 2013 - Yahoo! Contributor Network via Yahoo! Sports

Quotes

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• Greg Walden in AFP
  Just diagnosed with likely H1N1. Ugh. Off to seclusion for awhile,Walden, whose home state is Oregon, said on the micro-blogging site Twitter in a message his office confirmed was authentic.
• Paramahamsa Sri Nithyananda in Mangalorean.com
  In a statement released on his organisation website, Nithyananda said: "I have decided to live a life of spiritual seclusion, for some indefinite time, to which the acharyas have agreed in principle."
• Cal Ripken Jr in Atlanta Journal Constitution
  It feels weird to be in this bunker so long,Ripken said near the end of a long night. "And the irony is that [from such seclusion], you're being broadcast to the rest of the world."