seclude /səˈkluːd/ verb2 •[with oneself] To shut off or keep apart, as from company, society, etc.; withdraw (oneself) from society or into solitude.At one moment she was absolutely indifferent to the observation of all the world, at another she would seclude herself from it for ever, and at a third could resist it with energy. — 1811 •To shut or keep out; exclude; preclude. formssecluded · secluding · secludes · secludest