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society > society and the community > social relations > lack of social communication or relations > retirement or seclusion > secluded place or place of seclusion > [noun] (43)
wroa1300

A nook or corner; a retired or sheltered spot.

recluse1474

A place of seclusion; a hermitage. Also in extended use. Obsolete.

reclusage1480

A hermitage, a place of seclusion. (Only recorded in the works of Caxton.) Obsolete.

retreatc1500

A place providing privacy or seclusion for the purposes of prayer, study, or meditation, or for rest and relaxation; a quiet or secluded dwelling or…

retire1595

A secluded or private place; a retreat. Obsolete (rare after 17th cent.).

rendezvous1598

A place of sanctuary or seclusion; a retreat, refuge; (in extended use) a source of assistance. Obsolete.

retirement1603

A secluded or private place; a retreat. Also in extended use. Now rare.

recess1611

A remote and secluded spot, a secret or private place. Now rare.

shadea1616

transferred. A retired spot. Hence, an abode sheltered from the world, a quiet habitation. Chiefly plural. Now only poetic or rhetorical.

Jericho1635

Used in slang or colloquial phrases for a place of retirement or concealment, or a place far distant and out of the way.

privacy1648

A private place; a place of concealment or retreat; a private apartment. Chiefly in plural. Now rare.

sequesterment1778

A private, secluded situation.

seclusion1791

A place or abode in which one is secluded.

retraite1814

Chiefly in French contexts. A place of seclusion and privacy; a secluded residence; = retreat, n. 4b. Now rare.

backwater1820

A piece of water without current, lying more or less parallel to a river, and fed from it at the lower end by a back-flow.

hideaway1930

A place of concealment or retreat.

Subcategories:

— innermost (1)
— among natural scenery (1)
— single chamber dwelling (1)
— place of entertainment (1)
— out-of-the-way place (7)
— remote place (1)
— unfrequented place (11)
— desolate place (3)
— desolate place of habitation (1)
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