seclusion roomnoun [ C ]
uk/sɪˈkluː.ʒən ˌsel/us/sɪˈkluː.ʒən ˌsel/a place in a hospital for the mentally ill or a school for children with special needs, where a person can be taken if they need to be kept away from others for a short time:
If the patient is in an agitated state, he may go first to the seclusion room.
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