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| anchorite |
one who has withdrawn into seclusion for religious reasons or purposes; hermit. |
| claustral |
of or related to a cloister, or to seclusion from the world. |
| cloister |
any place of seclusion. [1/4 definitions] |
| hibernate |
to be inactive or in seclusion. [1/2 definitions] |
| hibernation |
any state of inactivity and seclusion. [1/3 definitions] |
| monastery |
a community of persons, esp. monks, who have taken religious vows of austerity and seclusion, or the buildings used by such a community for housing and worship. |
| monastic |
one who makes a religious vow to live in austerity and seclusion. [1/3 definitions] |
| nest |
a comfortable place for seclusion or retreat. [1/11 definitions] |
| recluse |
separate from society; in seclusion. [1/2 definitions] |
| retire |
to withdraw to seek shelter or seclusion. [1/7 definitions] |
| retirement |
retreat into seclusion or privacy, or such privacy and seclusion itself. [1/5 definitions] |
| retreat |
to retire to a shelter or place of seclusion. [1/8 definitions] |
| troglodyte |
a person who lives similarly to a cave dweller, as in seclusion or in a primitive or crude state; hermit; recluse. [1/2 definitions] |
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