\Se*clu"sion\, n. [See {Seclude}.] The act of secluding, or the state of being secluded; separation from society or connection; a withdrawing; privacy; as, to live in seclusion. O blest seclusion from a jarring world, which he, thus occupied, enjoys! --Cowper. Syn: Solitude; separation; withdrawment; retirement; privacy. See {Solitude}.