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Definition of "solitude" []

  • The state or quality of being alone or remote from others. (noun)
  • A lonely or secluded place. (noun)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Use "solitude" in a sentence
  • "But if he returned to solitude, it was henceforth to be as the French say, a _solitude à deux_."
  • "She must have had naturally a strong appetite, which her active life sharpened, and its indulgence formed a sort of refuge from the pressure of the intense solitude in which she lived, and which was all the more a solitude because it was _solitude à deux_."
  • "The word solitude was created to express the glory of being alone."