What is another word for Secluding?

Pronunciation: [sɪklˈuːdɪŋ] (IPA)

Secluding refers to the act of isolating oneself or being removed from others. Some synonyms for secluding include isolating, sequestering, disconnecting, withdrawing, separating, keeping apart, segregating, and quarantining. The word isolating can refer to the act of physically separating oneself from others, while sequestering is a term commonly used to indicate the temporary confinement of a person or thing. Disconnecting is a strong term that applies to the physical or emotional separation of oneself from others. Withdrawal refers to the process of taking oneself out of a situation, while separating is a more general term that can refer to any situation where two or more objects or entities are kept apart. Segregating and quarantining both involve separating or isolating to prevent the spread of something.

What are the hypernyms for Secluding?

A hypernym is a word with a broad meaning that encompasses more specific words called hyponyms.

Usage examples for Secluding

So here in my isle of silence, between fen and fen, under the spacious sky, I want to try an experiment-to live simply and honestly, without indolence or haste, neither wasting time nor devouring it, not refusing due burdens but not inventing useless ones, not Secluding myself in a secret cell of solitude, but not multiplying dull and futile relations.
"The Silent Isle"
Arthur Christopher Benson
The principle of Secluding Indians from whites for the good of both races is established by an overwhelming preponderance of authority.
"The Indian Question (1874)"
Francis A. Walker
But Antony, leaving the city and the conversation of his friends, built him a dwelling-place in the water, near Pharos, upon a little mole which he cast up in the sea, and there, Secluding himself from the company of mankind, said he desired nothing but to live the life of Timon; as, indeed, his case was the same, and the ingratitude and injuries which he suffered from those he had esteemed his friends, made him hate and mistrust all mankind.
"Plutarch-Lives-of-the-noble-Grecians-and-Romans"
Clough, Arthur Hugh

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